In addition to Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan, Liang Xiankuan, who has never been married, is also being targeted.

However, as the parties concerned, they didn't know these things, everyone got together for a small meeting after the list, congratulated each other, and warned that there was still a level, and they went back to study again.

A few days later, it was the palace test, which was held in the main hall of the palace.

Because he wanted to meet the emperor and couldn't lose his honor in front of the palace, Du Jinning got up before dawn, put on the clothes he had prepared yesterday, and specially let Chen and Aoki take a look, and found that there was nothing wrong with them, so they went out.

The palace examination is still entered at dawn, and it is necessary to go through a series of rituals such as roll call, scattering papers, praising and bowing, and then the policy questions are issued.

The position of the palace examination is arranged in the order of the results of the examination, and Du Jinning, as the Huiyuan, naturally sits in the center of the first row, which is exactly opposite to Zhao Yu, who is sitting on the Jinluan Palace.

Zhao Yu looked at Du Jinning, Qi Muyuan, and Guan Jiaze, and was very curious.

Generally, the ancients were enlightened at the age of six or seven, and it took at least two or three years to read "Three Hundred Thousand" to lay the foundation, and then read through the four books, plus the Five Classics, a total of six or seven years. At this time, you can go to the county exam. If he wins the county examination in one fell swoop, the sixteen or seventeen-year-old child will already be very promising. If the journey goes well and he is admitted to the Jinshi, he will be twenty-five or six years old.

Therefore, in this hall, there are basically people in their thirties and forties, and there are also people in their fifties and sixties, but there are only one or two.

As an aside, generally speaking, candidates in their fifties and sixties, unless the essay is particularly well written, the marking officer will not take it - he is so old, how many years can he serve the court after taking him? If half of the candidates who will pass the test are gray-haired old men, how will the court send officials? These people are afraid that they will die halfway through when they take office, and they will not be able to withstand the burden of official cases. So wouldn't it be a waste to take their Jinshi quota?

Therefore, if there is an old man's rotten atmosphere in the article, the graders will be directly dethroned.

And people like Du Jinning, Qi Muyuan, and Guan Jiaze sitting in the front row with green faces are very rare.

At the age of fifteen or sixteen, others are still struggling to take the Xiucai exam, but they have already won the Jinshi and are about to become officials.

In particular, the appearance and temperament of the three are also very good.

Zhao Yu flipped through the candidate information prepared for him by the officials, opened the cover, and saw the information of Huiyuan Du Jinning: Du Jinning, fifteen years old, originally from Lishui County, Guizhou Province, when and what month he became a showman, ranking first; In what year and month did he become a lifter, ranking a few. Then, the words "county case head, government case head, court case head", "Xie Yuan", and "Hui Yuan" in that row blinded Zhao Yu's eyes.

Zhao Yu couldn't help but raise his head again and looked at Du Jinning carefully.

Big eyes, high nose bridge, red lips and white teeth, white face with a little baby fat. The eyes are clear, the expression is focused, and the demeanor is calm and elegant. Wearing a moon-white brocade robe and a jade crown with her hair tied, she sat there like a painting, so quiet and beautiful that people couldn't take their eyes off it.

This is obviously a son of a family with outstanding elegance, how can it be from a poor family?

Zhao Yu's gaze once again fell on the information in front of the table.

The information clearly says that Du Jinning's ancestors have the resumes of three generations, that is, a small landlord family with only about 20 acres of land in Taohua Village, Lishui County, although his father is a talent, but he died early when he was born.

When Zhao Yu looked up, he was in a good mood.

The Great Song Dynasty Zhong Lingyuxiu can breed outstanding talents. As soon as he ascended the throne of Kaienke, he appeared as an outstanding teenager like Du Jinning, and there is more than one teenager like him, which shows that this is a harbinger of the country's prosperity.

Du Jinning has always been more focused when doing things, and at this time she didn't notice Zhao Yu's gaze, but put all her attention on the topic in front of her.

There are generally three or four questions in the palace examination, all of which are national policy problems that the emperor needs to solve recently or is confused about. Now, there are three questions on the test paper in front of her, the first question is about the direction of agricultural development, the second question asks whether the Great Song Dynasty needs to open up sea routes, and the third question asks whether it wants to further strengthen trade cooperation with countries such as Daeshi and Silla.

This is the emperor asking the new tributes about the strategy of governing the country, so it is called a policy question. The tributes, on the other hand, were required to express their opinions on the examination papers. From these three policy discussions, the emperor or the official who read the papers can clearly know whether this tribute scholar is a scholar who has nothing to do with state affairs, or has real insights into state affairs, so as to consider how to place him in the next official position.

Du Jinning came from later generations and could not be clearer about the entire history of China's development. Since she came to ancient times, she has read a lot of books and books, and she has a very good understanding of the situation of this country, and she knows better than everyone the direction of future development. Not to mention the development of agriculture, she has many urgent things to say to those in power about navigation and international trade.

At this time, she was very happy to have such an opportunity to convey her opinions and suggestions to the emperor through these three essays. If she can influence the future direction of the Great Song Dynasty and change some world patterns, she will not come to this time and space in vain.

The time of the palace examination was one day, from morning to evening until it was dark and could not be seen, and at noon the emperor would send someone to bring a simple lunch, so that the tributes could eat in their seats, and then continue to write after eating.

Writing three articles in three or four hours is really easy for fast gunner Du Jinning.

Her movements became more and more calm, slowly grinding the ink, and writing the content of the first article on scratch paper.

First of all, she wanted to emphasize the role of human power in agricultural labor. This point of view was written by her when she was enrolled in Taixue, and it was the first point of view in the first essay at this time.

The second viewpoint is to strengthen labor intensity, implement intensive farming, tap the potential of land, and increase farmland yield. In the article, she listed the "Daitian Law" and the "District Field Law" of the Han Dynasty: "The harvest of one year old often exceeds more than one mu of Mantian, and the good ones are doubled" to prove the benefits of the Daitian method.

These methods were once again promoted in the Ming and Qing dynasties, so she felt the need to tell Zhao Yu again in the article to get his attention.

The third point of view is to "play to strengths and avoid weaknesses and give full play to advantages".

She wrote: "In the "Historical Records", it is said: 'The water dwells in a thousand stones and fishes, and the mountains dwells in a thousand chapters. Anyi Thousand Tree Jujube; Yan Qin Qianshu chestnut; Shu, Han, Jiangling thousand tree oranges; Huaibei, Changshan has been south, between the river and Ji thousands of trees; Chen, Xia Qianmu paint; Qi, Lu thousands of acres of mulberry hemp; Weichuan thousands of acres of bamboo ...... 'Yuguan in the Song Dynasty, Longyou shepherd, Hebei pigs, Huainan feeding, lakeside reeling, the people of Wuxiang, weaving mats...... Therefore, those who are in higher positions need to know what is appropriate and use it without abandoning it; Know what it is appropriate to do, avoid it and do not do it'. Its power is enough to win the sky, you must know it! ”