Although the scene is grand and there are many talents, but for the onlookers of the female dependents, it is just a gathering of leisure time, as for what political knowledge the emperor asked, or whether the candidate's answer is reasonable and ingenious, they are not very clear, and can only rely on the candidate's temperament and speech and demeanor to determine whether this person is broad-minded.

In the morning, the emperor casually asked ten questions, and everyone could choose three questions to answer on the spot. There are no exam papers and pen and ink in this exam, candidates must immediately give the answer in their hearts after reading the questions, and then get up and express their thoughts, and the good performance is naturally to take the lead, so that the emperor is impressed by him, but if the qualifications are mediocre or withdrawn, they will not even get the opportunity to perform.

Mu Ruqing was obviously very curious about this kind of examination method, sitting beside Jiang Xinyue, observing the situation in the examination room attentively, and whispering a few words to Jiang Xinyue from time to time.

"This interview method can indeed pick out a lot of talents, you see that Zhu Gongzi, who just answered the question, is obviously familiar with water conservancy and geography, so he picked this kind of question to answer, and also gave the idea of governing the Yellow River to change the course, which is very advanced, and another Wu Gongzi has a fair character, suitable for being an official in Dali Temple, and the rest also have their own strengths, and when the time comes, the right people are assigned to the right positions, and it is really not a waste of talent at all."

Mu Ruqing rubbed his palms twice and sighed: "Your Majesty today is indeed bold and courageous!" ”

"Look at what you said, this example of teaching people according to aptitude and dividing officials according to ability did not start from Your Majesty, it all took the methods of several generations, not the credit of Your Majesty alone, but the precipitation of wisdom of all dynasties." Jiang Xinyue glanced at him with a smile, patted him on the shoulder, and pointed at the person in the audience who stood out in the style of Yushulin: "You say, Jin Jiaoyang is more powerful in which aspect, he can't be all-round, right?" ”

"He," Mu Ruqing paused and spoke again, "Although he is not omnipotent, he has a wide range of knowledge, and he can know a thing or two about every job, but his most outstanding thing is his management ability." No matter how good the technology of others is in a certain aspect, they also need the manager's appreciation and reasonable arrangement, his personality is calm and composed, not partial, not arrogant, and is a person suitable for arranging management. ”

Mu Ruqing's views seem to be very advanced at this time, after all, he is also a person who has gone through nine years of compulsory education, and knows how important the division of labor is, and the management personnel are equivalent to the leader of the overall situation, otherwise all abilities are brute force.

"Ruqing seems to be quite good at these officialdom studies, so he hasn't considered joining the office?" The Queen Mother looked at her kindly, obviously hearing the conversation between Jiang Xinyue and Mu Ruqing.

Mu Ruqing hurriedly arched his hand, his face full of modesty: "The Queen Mother said with a smile, Ruqing is short-sighted, and her ambition is not here, and she will manage Yipinxiang wholeheartedly, which is also the way to serve the country loyally." ”

The Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction, she seemed to be asking casually, but she was testing Mu Ruqing's ambitions. Although she dotes on the county lord of Jingshu and recognizes the ability of this son-in-law, Yipinxiang's strength gradually begins to become intertwined, and she is also afraid that Yipinxiang will interfere with the idea of government affairs. She also checked Yipinxiang's income and takeaway income in private, and that number was scary.

It is naturally good that the weapon in his hand can eradicate dissidents for himself and improve his strength, but if the weapon is too dazzling and he can't control it, the backlash caused by it will definitely not be able to withstand it, there have been too many such examples in history, no wonder the Queen Mother is not at ease.

"Yes, the goal of the two of us is to run Yipinxiang well, we can't help in the government, we can still help a little bit in these things, so as to repay the kindness of the queen mother and the imperial brother." Jiang Xinyue was considerate and immediately said these words, which reassured the Queen Mother.

The oral discussion in the morning was about to pass, the candidates had finished answering the questions, sat quietly in their seats and waited for the emperor to summarize, the sun in the sky moved overhead, and the ladies had something to shade the sun, but the candidates could only bow their heads slightly to cover it, and the square was empty, and there was no shelter at all.

Many candidates with weak physique have frequently raised their sleeves to wipe their sweat, and the appearance that was originally carefully maintained for the palace examination could not stand the heat, Jin Jiaoyang, who was sitting at the front, had an increasingly bad face, and his skin was frighteningly white, but he pursed his lips and remained motionless, half-closed his eyes and let the sweat drip from his sideburns to his shoulders, unmoved.

Jin Jiaoyang's situation, Ruan Mianmian also saw it clearly in the stands, Fang Yan pulled Ruan Mianmian's sleeve a little anxiously, and said in a low voice: "Little aunt, look at Jin Gongzi, is he not feeling well, his face is terrifyingly white!" ”

Ruan Mianmian turned his head sideways and saw that it was the first time that Fang Yan's face showed such a worried expression, and he finally had a little more human touch than the high-ranking princess Leng Ao, smiled knowingly, held her hand and comforted: "It's okay, it should be that the wind cold has not healed and the body is weak." ”

After thinking for a while, Ruan Mianmian turned his head and summoned a palace maid who was with him, lowered his voice and ordered: "Send my words to the back kitchen, and give each candidate a bowl of sour plum soup to get rid of the heat, so as not to suffer from heat stroke on a hot day, by the way, Jin Gongzi's bowl of ginger soup to be warm, you especially mentioned that it was ordered by Princess Fangyan." ”

After saying this, Ruan Mianmian watched the palace maid turn around to pass the word, she turned around and winked at Fang Yan, she touched Fang Yan's palm, and there were beads of sweat.

Fang Yan didn't seem to expect Ruan Mianmian to do this, but she still appreciated it very much, and whispered in her ear, "Thank you." ”

Ruan Mianmian shook the fan, and after a while, he saw a palace maid lining up with sour plum soup and walked into the examination room with the emperor's permission.

The palace maids distributed the sour plum soup in an orderly manner, and it was the palace maid who sent the soup to Jin Jiaoyang, who was ordered by Ruan Mianmian, she said something while handing over the soup, and followed the other palace maids to withdraw without any delay, but Jin Jiaoyang's eyes became puzzled, and he looked at the soup for two seconds, and then looked up at the stands.

Jin Jiaoyang's gaze had a hint of mist and haze peculiar to patients, and it was not as radiant as before, but this was what made it even more charming, not the serious indifferent iceberg, at least it didn't look like it.

The palace maid said that the ginger soup was specially sent by the county lord of Fangyan, but Jin Jiaoyang looked up and saw Ruan Mianmian next to Fangyan who usually looked like she was eating pastries, she was chatting and laughing with the queen mother, she didn't look at her side at all, and she didn't touch her eyes at all.

Princess Fangyan looked at herself with a smile, and Jin Jiaoyang had no choice but to nod his head to show his gratitude, but his eyes kept falling on the county lord whose mouth was stuffed with pastries, and he couldn't figure out whose handiwork it was. Princess Fangyan has a relationship with herself, why do she care about herself so much, and the lord of Ruliang, she is good friends with her mother, and she may take care of herself a little.

No matter what Jin Jiaoyang thought, he couldn't figure it out for a while, so he had to listen to the words of the palace maid, it was sent by Princess Fangyan, but he thought about asking after the palace exam. Who exactly to ask, he didn't know.

Ruan Mianmian is a pure character, but he can't be a pure person in the royal family, listening to the Queen Mother's tone today, she has already heard the Queen Mother's meaning, which is nothing more than to win over Jin Jiaoyang, a talented person who is outstanding in the world, and the best way is to let the royal lady marry him. Now that the royal family is not large, Jiang Xinyue has a marriage contract again, and there are only two left, she and Fang Yan are left, and Fang Yan seems to be interested in getting close to Jin Jiaoyang, why don't she withdraw and retreat to fulfill her.

In Ruan Mianmian's view, Fang Yan is not very happy as a princess, although she is not of the age of marriage, but she also has to start thinking about these things, the imperial examination is held once every three years, and it is not certain whether there is such an excellent talent after three years, not to mention that if you want to maximize your own interests, you should seize this opportunity, three years later, the new batch will still enter the officialdom, Jin Jiaoyang may have already gained a firm foothold and even paid homage to the marquis. The age gap and happiness are not considered by the noble disciples in the first place, and interests always come first.

After drinking the sour plum soup, the candidate finally relieved some of the heat, Fang Yan looked at Jin Jiaoyang's complexion and finally eased up, and she was relieved, she didn't know if this person was her future dependence, but the imperial grandmother and the concubine both said that he was good, and he must not regress, and then thought of Jin Jiaoyang's eyes that he had just seen, and pondered carefully with a trace of tenderness that could not be easily detected, he was interested in himself, or his identity, then this matter would be easier to do.

The morning's deliberations were soon over, and it was time for lunch and rest. The emperor was accompanied by Concubine Lan to the harem for dinner, and the queen mother also felt that she had seen enough and returned to Shoukang Palace, and Yipinxiang would naturally prepare a meal and send it over, but the rest of the people were eating in the stands around the square.

At this time, you can see the benefits of having a family background, as soon as Jin Jiaoyang came out, he was surrounded by Mrs. Jin with a few maids, handed tea to the tea, wiped the sweat, and took him to the governor's mansion to rest. Although there are no officials at home and no one can come, although there is also an arranged place, they can only eat silently alone, at most, two or three candidates get together to chat and pass the time.

"Mianmian, don't look at it, we should also eat, and we will go to the imperial dining room to take a look later, and we need to take care of the afternoon refreshments in person." Jiang Xinyue's plain white jade hand shook in front of Ruan Mianmian, and she personally took the chopsticks and stuffed them into Ruan Mianmian's hand, and pushed the plum vegetable button meat in front of her to Ruan Mianmian's side, extremely intimate and pampered.