The Forbidden City, as the residence of the Ming Emperor, has been more than 200 years, since the Yongle Emperor moved the capital to Beijing, is the symbol of the power of the entire Ming Dynasty, for more than 200 years, all the major national events, are made from here to decide, and today, the Forbidden City has ushered in its new wave of guests.

Passing through the noon gate that can be called a unique human being for its magnificence, suddenly, the mysterious palace began to reveal its true face, walking on the ink and blue bricks that can reflect the figure of a person a foot square, everyone couldn't help but be cautious, for fear that if they were not careful, they would slip and fall to the ground.

The long royal road, every two meters on both sides, there is a mighty, majestic halberd-wielding man, which makes the already majestic palace look more solemn, not to mention the general timid people, even Shi Lei, who originally lived in the later generations and longed for freedom, couldn't help but feel a solemn atmosphere from the bottom of his heart.

Under the leadership of the eunuchs, more than 300 people of the Jinshi team, through the Taihe Palace, the Middle Pole Palace, and finally came to the last of the three halls of the Jianji Palace, although not as brilliant and magnificent as the first two halls, but, people who know here, but all know that every imperial examination is held here, more than 200 years, nearly 100 imperial examinations, tens of thousands of Jinshi are born here.

The magnificent scenery of the palace, although Shi Lei was surprised at first, but he quickly recovered, after all, he didn't come to the Forbidden City once or twice, and it was like this that he could still talk to Jia Hanqing next to him while walking, but when he saw Jia Hanqing, he couldn't help but smile.

I saw that Jia Hanqing, who was originally talking about the general trend of the world outside, has now become like other people, full of nervousness and caution, and his back, which was originally a little bowed, now looks even more crooked.

"Brother Jia, you see, this palace is really gorgeous and colorful, and it is extremely brilliant." Because of the speculation with Jia Hanqing, the two of them had some hindsight, and waited until all the Jinshi stood in line before they passed, and they had no choice but to stand at the back, but fortunately, there was no eunuch watching at the back of the team, and no one cared about what they said.

"Hey, it's really ashamed to see Brother Shi's light and breezy appearance, since he started studying at the age of six, it has been decades before he finally came to this point, it is sad to think about it, especially when he sees a young talent like Brother Shi, compared to it, I can't wait to go into hiding for my brother immediately." Hearing Shi Lei's brisk voice, Jia Hanqing said with a little nervousness.

"Hahaha, Brother Jia is really joking, people's fate is predestined by God, don't you hear that Jiang Shang only met King Wen at the age of eighty, and Su Xun only started studying at the age of nearly thirty, compared with these people, Brother Jia is also a young talent." Seeing that Jia Hanqing was a little nervous, Shi Lei said jokingly.

"Brother Shi is not only knowledgeable, but also very broad-minded, I guess only a person like Brother Xiang can come up with that unique insight, right?" After listening to Shi Lei's jokes, Jia Hanqing also said a little relaxed.

Just as the two of them were about to say something, they heard a sharp voice coming from the door of the Jianji Palace, "The emperor has a decree, Xuanxin Kejinshi enters the palace to see the driver." ”

After listening to the meaning expressed by this voice, everyone couldn't help but tidy up their clothes, to know that the most important scene in life is about to begin, if at this time, because of a small mistake, resulting in the second half of the life, wouldn't it make people regret dying?

It's just that after entering the main hall, Shi Lei felt extremely depressed, and originally wanted to take the opportunity to see what Chongzhen, the controversial emperor in history, looked like, but after coming in, Shi Lei found that he was really whimsical.

Let's not say that the emperor's seat is high, and everyone below is bowing their heads, let's just say that he is standing in this position, if he takes a step back, he can just do the high threshold of the Jianji Palace, you know, although the Jianji Hall is very tall, but today is the day of the palace test, therefore, as long as the four officials in the court came here early, the civil and military officials combined, it occupied the general place of the main hall, and the rest of the place was squeezed by more than 300 of them, and no one stood outside the hall It was a very lucky thing.

Although the position of the station is not very good, Shi Lei has nothing to complain about, after all, he is not like a person like Li Wensi, who wants to be the champion, the one who is on the list, and the one who can get away with being a jinshi, it is already God's eyes, and he has no luxury, so he leaned his body against the door while listening to the faint voice coming from the front of the hall.

Watching a group of Jinshi in blue shirts walk into the main hall, Chongzhen's mood of being annoyed and abnormal because of countless bad news finally improved, after all, the purpose of opening the imperial examination is to gather talents, and now there are so many talents who come to participate in the imperial examination, which proves that this Ming Dynasty is still the main place in the minds of scholars, and as long as the scholars are still interested in the imperial court, then the imperial court still has the capital, after all, relying on a group of rogues who can only rob and kill people will not be able to achieve great things.

Thinking of this, Chongzhen opened his mouth and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, since I ascended the throne for more than ten years, the imperial examination has been held many times, but in the past, every palace examination was an examination, which was too monotonous. ”

After Chongzhen's words were finished, he saw that the civil and military officials below were silent, without a single sound, but most of the people were looking around with their eyes and communicating with each other, because all the ministers knew that Emperor Chongzhen was not only diligent in government, but also a very old-fashioned emperor.

Only the giants who stood at the forefront knew what Chongzhen was thinking, and many people sighed in their hearts, "I didn't expect that the current situation has become bad, and even the emperor has no way, so he actually asked a group of rookie jinshi who have no experience in dealing with things to ask for methods, which is really ridiculous." ’

It's just that these thoughts of the ministers can only be whispered in their hearts, and no one dares to refute them face to face, you know, although Emperor Chongzhen is a diligent emperor, he is also an emperor who can be ruthless, whether it is the Emperor Zhengde who is extravagant and promiscuous, or the Jiajing Emperor who is alchemy, when he is angry, he will beat you half to death with a board at most, and Emperor Chongzhen is angry, he will really kill people, therefore, all the ministers shouted loudly, "Your Majesty Shengming, this is really a good way." ”

"Well, since all Aiqing does not object, then this time there will be no test for Fu, but instead for the test of current affairs, on how to pacify the traitors, you scholars can speak freely, even if you are wrong, or make a taboo, I promise that I will not be held accountable, I just hope that you scholars can really put forward a few useful strategies for me and the imperial court." Seeing that all the ministers agreed, Chongzhen spoke.

Lying on a one-foot-square, two-foot-high stool, sitting cross-legged on a thatched futon, Shi Lei couldn't help but sigh, he originally thought that the exam in the Tribute Courtyard was already very difficult, but he didn't expect that after coming to this palace compound, it was not as good as the Tribute Courtyard, and fortunately, there are not so many rules for the palace exam, you just need to write it down according to the emperor's will, as for how much to write, you have to grasp it yourself, anyway, it is already a Jinshi, and you don't have to worry about losing the election.

It's just that what surprised Shi Lei was that this exam was not the test of the past, but about the current affairs, thinking of the Wanshou Temple meeting a few days ago, Shi Lei wrote, while thinking about whether there was any connection between it, of course, he would not think that it would be related to his remarks that night.

Since this palace test, the emperor asked him to write down the thief's strategy, Shi Lei did not hesitate to write down a few things he said to Zhu Weiyuan that day, of course, it was polished and processed, and it was not as straightforward as he said that day, after all, if Chongzhen really adopted his method, maybe there would really be a miracle in the Ming Dynasty, so that the promise he made that day could be easily realized.

He already had the bottom of the manuscript in his heart, and he finished writing it quickly, and he was not as cautious and cautious as other Jinshi, and even considered a word repeatedly, for fear that there would be any omissions.

Shi Lei, who finished writing the strategy, was able to take the opportunity to observe the hall with great interest at the beginning, and look for a place that was different from the later generations, but after looking at it for a while, his sleepiness came up, and he was sitting by the door, and at this time he happened to be illuminated by the newborn sun.

Just when Shi Lei saw Zhou Gong, Emperor Chongzhen, who was originally sitting on the dragon chair, also walked down from the dragon chair according to his impatience, after all, he still had to move after sitting for a long time, and Emperor Chongzhen, who walked off the dragon chair, gently walked among the Jinshi who carefully wrote the strategy, and when he saw the unbearable, he flashed away, and stopped to appreciate the wonderful when he saw it, and at the same time secretly wrote down his name, so inadvertently, Chongzhen walked to the gate.

It's just that when he saw the Jinshi in the last row, a monstrous anger suddenly rose in his heart, but soon he couldn't help laughing, and saw a young Jinshi, actually leaning against the door of the main hall, sleeping with his eyes closed, and from time to time there would be a trace of saliva, which slowly flowed out from the corner of his mouth, wetting a large piece of the placket on his chest.

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