The imperial examination was conducted as scheduled.

Outside the Gongyuan, countless candidates and students entered the examination room in an orderly manner, including an old man over sixty years old, a young talent with high spirits, and a mixture of old and young, which looked extremely discordant.

But this is the essence of the imperial examination, age has never been the threshold to limit the imperial examination, how many people study hard in the cold window, Hao Shou is poor, waiting for this day, the title of the gold list, since then the carp jumped into the dragon gate.

“......”

Some people were found to be carrying cheating tools, and they were disqualified from the exam on the spot, and they couldn't suppress the sadness in their hearts, and cried in front of many candidates and students.

However, after all, this kind of students are a small number of people, and those who can come to participate in the big exam are all the best students from all over the country, and there are even many talented people who have won the first place in the township examination.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

After all the students entered the examination room of the Gongyuan Academy, Zhu Houzhao took Liu Jin to come late.

The forbidden army opened the way, the brocade guards followed, and the ten sword guards were closely protected, and the momentum was not majestic.

"Minister, Liang Chu ......"

"Minister, Wang Wei ......"

"Minister, Fei Hong......"

"See Your Majesty."

The emperor drove to the Tribute Academy, and the chief examiner Liang Chu, the two deputy chief examiners Wang Wei and Fei Hong, hurriedly brought a group of officials who participated in the scientific examination to greet him.

"Excuse me."

Zhu Houzhao stepped down from the dragon, raised his hands falsely, and motioned for the ministers to get up.

"All the scholars who participated in the scientific expedition have entered?"

Zhu Houzhao asked.

"Except for some students who are not right-hearted, all the students are already in place, and they will start the exam as soon as the time comes."

Liang Chu hurriedly replied.

"Let's go in and have a look."

Zhu Houzhao was about to walk into the Tribute Courtyard, but was stopped by Wang Wei.

I saw Wang Wei pointing to the dragon-patterned embroidered spring knife hanging from Zhu Houzhao's waist, and said euphemistically: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that there is something wrong with carrying the knife into the tribute courtyard." ”

The Gongyuan is the place where the imperial examination is held, and is regarded as the most prosperous place for the cultural movement by the students of the world.

This is very metaphysical, and I don't know the so-called superstition, but the world still believes in this.

Confucian scholars always say that "the son is silent and the strange power is chaotic", in fact, they are the most superstitious people, and they have quite a lot of research on the theory of gods and ghosts.

"There's something wrong."

Zhu Houzhao looked displeased, if he brought a knife into the tribute courtyard, he would impact Wenyun, who said such a baseless nonsense? His palace is full of forbidden troops with swords and swords, how can he not see the sword and sword qi impact his imperial fortune.

Some nonsense remarks were also used in front of him to show off, which was extremely absurd.

Wang Wei was a little embarrassed, he actually didn't believe in those bullshit remarks, but he had to consider the impact of the matter, after all, the three of them became tigers, and everyone was golden, in case someone brought the emperor into the tribute court with a knife, he, Liang Chu, and Fei Hong would not have a good time in the three main exams.

This kind of thing is not unheard of in the imperial examination in previous years, many students after falling to Sun Shan, do not want to believe that the "talented" themselves will fall off the list, so they pick stones in the eggs everywhere, trying to make some things the size of sesame mung beans bigger, so as to threaten the imperial court with the power of public opinion, so that the imperial court changes the list.

This kind of thing has happened many times, but none of them have succeeded, but it has made a lot of trouble, and it really makes the court quite a headache, and it takes a lot of effort to put things right.

"Your Majesty, please!"

Prince Liang's words successfully resolved Wang Wei's embarrassment, and Zhu Houzhao was not polite and strode into the tribute courtyard.

He naturally knew Wang Wei's concerns, but the emperor didn't care, why should they be obstructed by the exams, and besides, they all knew Zhu Houzhao's temper, as long as Zhu Houzhao was unwilling, no one could change Zhu Houzhao's will.

Inside the Gongyuan, it is extremely spacious, rows of improvised small houses come into Zhu Houzhao's eye, a small house lives a candidate, during the exam, whether it is eating, drinking and Lazar are solved in it, and you can not leave until the end of the exam.

During the exam, there will be examiners who will constantly patrol back and forth, and once they find that there are candidates who are trying to cheat, they will be expelled immediately, not only will the test results be invalidated, but in serious cases, they will be deprived of all their reputation.

"Three sides are closed, one side is open, and the design of Grandpa Tai is also powerful, which largely eliminates the possibility of candidates cheating."

Looking at the rows of closely connected small houses in front of him, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but admire.

These temporary small houses, on the left and right, and at the back are tightly surrounded by wooden boards, with only a very small door and window in the front, which not only allows the candidates to enter and exit, but also allows the examiner to watch all the candidates' movements carefully.

What's more, the space in the small house is extremely cramped, the light is dim, and the candidates can only answer in front of the doors and windows, and the possibility of cheating is even lower.

"Your Majesty personally came to the Tribute Academy, and all living beings came out to listen to Your Majesty's teachings."

Liang Chu shouted loudly.

A large number of candidates came out of the small house, looked at Zhu Houzhao, who was dressed in a gorgeous robe and had an incomparably noble temperament, and hurriedly bowed down: "Students meet Your Majesty." ”

No matter what Zhu Houzhao had done before, how unfriendly he was to the literati community, they didn't dare to barn their teeth at Zhu Houzhao, what was their intention to participate in the imperial examination? If you want to be an official, you have to understand that the emperor is the master of the world.

They can complain and even scold the emperor in their hearts, but they can't have a trace of disrespect on the surface, so as not to miss their own good future.

Studying is to be an official, if you can't be an official, what's the use of them studying, even if the emperor killed people before, there are their friends and elders, it can't change their ardent pursuit of being an official.

"Being able to come here shows that you are all the most outstanding talents of my Ming Dynasty, and you may enter the officialdom and govern in the future."

"Here, I would like to give you two pieces of advice, don't mess up your mentality during the exam, keep a normal mind, and try your best to give full play to your talents."

Zhu Houzhao said with a serious face: "In addition, don't delay your life because of a thought."

Just a few words are both encouragement and warning.

In the imperial examination, many candidates are not lacking in talent, but not confident enough, so they will take risks and choose to cheat.

Although he looked down on literati very much, he had to admit that these literati who came to participate in the scientific expedition still had some things, and it also reminded him of some past memories.

Once upon a time, like these candidates, he hoped to change his fate through the exam, but time has passed, stars have changed, and he is no longer the one he once was, from the one who was chosen, to the one who was chosen.

"The hour is coming, and all beings will quickly return to the examination position."

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, Liang Chu immediately jumped out to organize the candidates to return to their respective small rooms, tidy up their mentality, and prepare for the exam.

And, before the exam, there is some preparatory work to be done.

Zhu Houzhao, accompanied by Wang Wei and Fei Hong, returned to the lobby of the Gongyuan and sat down, not in a hurry to leave, but also wanted to see the performance of many candidates.

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