The palace examination is a policy question, and there are generally four questions, Gu Chengyu looked at the first question, which is "On the Politics of the Emperor and the Heart of the Emperor".

The second question is "The Way of the Whole Army of the Nation", and the third and last questions are about "Raising Military Salaries" and "River Defense Strategy".

The palace examination and questioning not only must have insight, but also have the courage, not only to express one's own opinions, but also to pinpoint the disadvantages of the times, and it is bound to put forward one's own insight. And familiar with the history of the scriptures, it is essential to quote the scriptures.

Gu Chengyu finished reading the test questions and lowered his head in contemplation. There was only one day for the palace exam, and he had to hand in the papers at sunset, and the time was urgent, so he didn't dare to hold it up, so he had to hurry up and write.

Spread out the scratch paper, Gu Chengyu dipped the brush in ink, and then began to write. He's just had a rough outline in mind, write it down first, and then polish it later.

Pick up the pen and write, "The minister is right:

When the ministers heard that the emperor was in control of the universe, there must be the actual government of the manager, and then they could restrain the crowd, which was intricate, and there was the rule of Yongxi; There must be a solid heart to advocate the rate, and then it can be tempered to ...... hundreds of workers."

The surroundings were quiet, only the officials of the Ministry of Rites walked around to supervise, and the tributes were either meditating or writing hard. Gu Chengyu spent about an hour doing the first question, and wrote about 2,000 words.

After Gu Chengyu finished answering a question, he didn't copy it immediately, but did the next one non-stop.

"The Way of the Whole Army of Anguo" reminded Gu Chengyu of "Sun Tzu's Art of War", and Sun Tzu believed that the general direction should be grasped.

First, "cultivating the Tao and protecting the law" means that only by cultivating politics and ensuring the legal system can we grasp the initiative in winning or losing a war, and thus achieve the strategic goal of "Anguo and the whole army."

The second is "enriching the people" and "consolidating the country". Of course, Gu Chengyu couldn't just copy it all, and he had to add his own understanding and suggestions, and point out all the shortcomings in the implementation of the whole army of Anguo in the Dayan Dynasty.

Candidates must be clear about the facts and policies, otherwise they will not be able to answer the questions in the palace examination, after all, no one knows what the exam questions will come out of.

These examination questions were jointly drawn up by cabinet officials before they were presented to the emperor and finally hand-picked. Therefore, the preference for the emperor is very important.

Gu Chengyu knew that the emperor liked flowery rhetoric, but it was not untouchable. For most candidates, it is not easy to do this at the same time. Some candidates don't understand the facts, and the article has an empty surface, and at first glance, it is full of flowers, like a splendid article.

But if you read it carefully, you will find that it is not written in reality. And such an article happens to be what the emperor hates the most. Even if your article is plain, as long as you write it down, the emperor will give you a good ranking.

At noon, Gu Chengyu ushered in his lunch. Breakfast was also served in the Bohol Palace, and it was eaten just before the exam, with four steamed buns and a bowl of soup per person. At noon, the meal was similar to the morning, except that the steamed buns were replaced with cakes, four cakes per person, two pears, and one tea.

Gu Chengyu slandered in his heart, he didn't even dare to drink the soup, he was afraid that he wanted to go to the toilet. Take the palace exam, you just can't hold it back, you have to hold it, and you must not allow loss of honor in front of the palace.

So Gu Chengyu only took a small sip of tea to moisten his throat, and pears were not daring to eat. There is a lot of pear water, and you may have to go to the toilet after eating it. Gu Chengyu secretly raised his eyes and glanced to the side, and found that the other candidates didn't touch the pear.

After just one glance, Gu Chengyu withdrew his gaze. He was number one, sitting at the first table with no shelter in front of him. As long as you look around, you will immediately be discovered by the invigilator. In this Baohe Palace, Gu Chengyu didn't dare to make a mistake, otherwise he would be rated as cheating, and there would be no place to cry.

He was conspicuous enough that every time the officials passed in front of him, they would look at him a few times, and some would pass by, and they would look at his scratch paper.

Of course, it is to take a few glances, after all, they are also afraid of being misunderstood as a disadvantage of cooperating with Gu Chengyu. The previous fraud case put those officials related to the imperial examination in danger, who would dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool?

Gu Chengyu knew that he was also a celebrity. Whether it's because of talent, or because of Shoufu Xia Qing. glanced at Min Feng on the right, he also attracted the attention of those officials, because he was Xia Qing's closed disciple.

A bright yellow figure entered the Baohe Palace, it was Emperor Huiming. When the officials saw the emperor, they immediately saluted, and the emperor waved his hand to stop their noise.

As soon as the emperor entered the Baohe Palace, he saw Gu Chengyu sitting in the first row. He looked at Gu Chengyu for a while, then walked around to the back, and as he walked, he glanced at the examination papers of Gongsheng next to him.

At this time, it was already the next day of Shenshi, and most of them had completed the third question, and it was not far from the time to hand in the papers.

When some Gongsheng saw the hem of the bright yellow clothes, they were a little frightened and almost wrote the wrong strokes. The emperor shook his head and walked forward.

Gu Chengyu had already finished the fourth question and was about to start copying. Spread out the exam papers, Gu Chengyu took up a pen and wrote down the neat pavilion body. The emperor walked lightly behind Gu Chengyu and looked at Gu Chengyu's exam papers. When I started writing when I saw it, my face was a little ugly.

In the end, seeing that his draft paper had been densely written, and the answers to the four questions were on the paper, the emperor eased his complexion. If you can't write, wouldn't you want to slap yourself in the face?

Turning his attention to Gu Chengyu's scratch paper, the font is beautiful and gorgeous, the size is evenly and neatly arranged, and there are few traces of alteration, so it can be seen that it was written down in one breath, and it seems that he is confident.

Then he looked at the content again, and gradually, the emperor was attracted and stood behind Gu Chengyu for a small half pillar of incense. In fact, Gu Chengyu had long known that the emperor was standing behind him, but he didn't look back. At this moment, he was in the temple test, and he didn't need to get up and salute.

Besides, it took him some time to ask the last two questions. Accidents inevitably happen, but he had better finish the test paper quickly. Gu Chengyu wrote attentively, and the emperor also watched attentively.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites on the side all looked at each other, and there was no noise in the hall. They exchanged a glance that they all understood, and then continued their rounds. Yu Zheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, glanced at Gu Chengyu, who was engrossed in writing the exam papers, and couldn't help but think about it.

Of course he knew this Gu Chengyu, his wife almost caused a catastrophe for the sake of his second daughter, and he only found out about it later. It was also fortunate that his disciple had talked to him about it, otherwise he would have been kept in the dark. It would be extremely stupid to want to cheat in the imperial examination.

There are countless ways to clean up a person, why do you have to choose the riskiest one? The last fraud case actually allowed Gu Chengyu to escape, count him lucky. Later, when Tong Zhouyi changed his name, he also contributed to the trouble, but unfortunately let Gu Chengyu escape again.