Chapter 19: The Palace Examination

Imperial Palace, Taihe Palace, apse.

"What about the rest? What does Otomo think? ”

The prince did not shy away from it, shook his head and said directly, "The rest of the people, at most, are just talents." ”

The emperor didn't mind either, and said with a smile, "Haha, after so many years, the big companion's vision is still so high." ”

Wang Gonggong also smiled, "It is precisely because of so many years that my vision has become higher and higher." ”

After all, he has been in the palace for more than a hundred years, and he has seen it dozens of times, who and what he has never seen, and what he has never experienced.

To be honest, whether it is the senior officials of the dynasty, the generals in the army, or those in the East Factory, most of them are his juniors.

There are even many of them that were unearthed by him and recommended to the emperor like today.

is all under his gaze, from the beginning of the emergence to the point where he is now, he really doesn't pay too much attention to ordinary talents.

Of course, recommendation is recommendation, except for the emperor, no one else will know that they are recommended by the prince, even the prince himself will not proclaim, even if he is trusted by the emperors of the past dynasties, he is loyal to the emperor, but the trust will be eroded.

After you recommend talents, turn around and tell those people themselves, what do you mean, want to gather your own power?

And it is precisely by virtue of this statement that the prince has become one of the most trusted people of the emperors for so many years, and has been safe and sound in various liquidations.

Even as a grandmaster, being in the palace, he can't get out of this circle.

Even if you can really be invincible in the world, you can't subdue everything, unless you really have nothing to worry about in this world.

Thinking of this, the prince thought of Chen Yu again, although Chen Yu came from a clean and innocent background, but at present, he seems to be really alone.

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The Taihe Palace, the front hall, after all the candidates have arrived except for one candidate who was absent due to illness.

The Emperor, who had been silently observing from behind the screen, saw that the time was almost up, stood up and walked from the apse to the front hall.

The eunuch next to him shouted at the top of his voice, "The emperor has arrived." ”

After hearing this voice, everyone present stood up and saluted the emperor.

There is no kneeling within the Great Liang, or in this martial world, there is no need to kneel to anyone other than your parents, not even the emperor.

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"Ladies and gentlemen, please excuse me." The Emperor's majestic voice was heard.

Chen Yu looked at Emperor Daliang standing on the stage, his face was majestic, and from a distance, it was indeed a legendary imperial majesty.

Unlike the calm Chen Yu, the few people next to him were all a little excited and even trembling at this time because it was the first time they had seen the emperor so closely.

This kind of performance is difficult for Chen Yu to understand in later generations.

Chen Yu himself was more curious about the emperor, similarly, "Emperor, alive." "It's a feeling.

Then the emperor said some more words, probably to take the test well, I hope each of you can have a good result, and I hope that many big beams will contribute in the future.

I don't know if it's an illusion, Chen Yu felt that the emperor seemed to look at him before leaving.

Putting these things in the back of your mind, regardless of anything else, the most important thing now is to prepare for the temple test in front of you.

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After some more time, a eunuch walked in with a stack of test papers.

"Candidates, please note that the exam time is two hours, and when the time is up, you must stop writing and submit the papers, otherwise it will be treated as cheating."

After reading out some more rules for the examination room, a eunuch struck a gong with a gong.

"Now I announce that the exam begins."

Several eunuchs then began to distribute the test papers to all the candidates present.

In addition to a few eunuchs present, there were also some important ministers of the imperial court who were here to invigilate the emperor.

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After getting the test paper, Chen Yu looked at the question.

The questions and styles of the palace examination are not fixed, it is completely based on the emperor's own thoughts, sometimes it is to ask some specific questions for candidates to answer, and sometimes it is a policy question, by analogy, it is probably equivalent to the relationship between short answers and composition.

This year's exam question is a strategic question.

The topic is a bit vague, let me write my views on some of the policies that Daliang has recently implemented, and propose some improvements.

This question belongs to the kind of question that after reading the question, anyone can write it, even an illiterate old farmer can say a word or two, but it is difficult to write well.

However, this question is extremely beneficial to Chen Yu, who can look at ancient times from the perspective of future generations, and at the same time, because of his experience in this world, he has a considerable degree of understanding of some of the policies implemented by the imperial court.

What's more, the books on ancient policies that Chen Yu brought have been deeply imprinted in his mind.

In Chen Yu's opinion, it can be said that this is already half of the score.

After thinking for a while, Chen Yu began to answer the questions and became the first person to write.

This attracted the attention of several invigilators, but although they were curious, they only paid attention to Chen Yu, and did not step forward and disturb Chen Yu.

However, after discovering that Chen Yu started writing, several candidates next to Chen Yu seemed to be driven by Chen Yu, and they began to write in a hurry, and then they spread out in turn, causing a chain reaction, so that many people began to write when they had not sorted out their ideas.

Seeing this, several important officials of the imperial court who invigilated the examination frowned, feeling that the quality of this batch of candidates was worrying, but fortunately, a few people kept their own rhythm and started writing only after their thoughts were clear.

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Time often flies by when the brain is fully utilized.

Half a day passed in a flash.

After the exam, some of the candidates present were happy, and some sighed, but unlike after the exam, no one was too sad and depressed.

After all, after passing the examination, as long as you write something that is not rebellious or insulting to the emperor, even if the content is mediocre or even sharp, you will pass.

It's just that the rankings are different, divided into three, six, nine and so on, but at the end there will be a title of Jinshi.

After handing in the papers, the emperor did not show up again, which made some candidates a little pity.

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Walking out of the Taihe Palace, under the guidance of several eunuchs, the imperial court invited all the tributes to have a meal in the palace in the name of the emperor.

After that, let Chen Yu and the others go back and wait for the results.

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It was still the south gate of the palace, and after Chen Yu walked out, he glanced at the rear and left on his own.

In the direction that Chen Yu was watching, the innate realm guarding the south gate of the palace was a little surprised, "Did he detect me?" ”

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