For the officials, strolling on the examination room with their hands behind their backs is quite a feeling of playing the world and strolling around, which makes them feel novel and interesting.

But for the candidates, it is not a lot of pressure.

The people who can stand here and wander around, in addition to the inspection examiners, there are also high-ranking officials and dignitaries who come with the emperor to invigilate the examination, and even if they are inspection examiners, they are also officials, and their grades are above the seventh grade, and their status is far higher than that of them who are white.

This group of people wandered around the entire examination room, walking around, walking, and it was especially easy to stop and watch some candidates write, watch them do questions, watch them write articles, and many candidates who are not very good at their mentality are very broken, and want them to leave, but they dare not act rashly, so they can only endure it.

Others didn't say anything, and there was an official in the costume of a senior official standing next to Zhuge Jun, looking down at his scroll, and he didn't know what he was looking at—could it be that my handwriting was good, and this official was appreciating my calligraphy?

Alas? He seems to be smiling?

Where did I write it wrong?

Well? Why is he shaking his head?

Am I writing something wrong?

Where?

Where?

Zhuge Junzhen, who experienced this kind of thing for the first time, really felt quite broken.

The pressure accumulated little by little, and the speed of accumulation was still very fast, and soon some people couldn't hold it anymore, and began to wipe their sweat and rub their eyes, rub their legs, and try their best to calm themselves down, while praying that those dignitaries would not stand beside them and watch themselves answer questions.

The problem was difficult and took a lot of time to calculate, so they ended up standing beside themselves and watching.

It's a long life.

Ordinary candidates are still like this, so as the focus of the whole audience, the first row of candidates closest to the emperor, their pressure can be said to be the greatest in the audience.

In this exam, the top 20 students are the 20 students with the highest scores.

Zhuge Liang happened to be in the middle position, next to Pang Tong and Lu Yi, at the beginning of the exam, Zhuge Liang lowered his head and silently began to answer the questions, not caring about other things.

After entering a state, Zhuge Liang's spiritual power is very concentrated, and he doesn't care much about what is happening, anyway, as long as he can ensure his safety, nothing else matters.

After all the questions with standard answers at the front were completed, Zhuge Liang breathed a sigh of relief and twisted his neck, only then did he notice that someone was standing next to him.

Well?

Isn't this His Majesty the Emperor?

Why is he standing next to me?

Zhuge Liang raised his head slightly and saw Liu Bei looking at him with very gentle eyes.

"I ...... Your Majesty? ”

"Leave me alone, answer your question, I'll just take a look."

Liu Bei smiled and said to Zhuge Liang: "Concentrate, don't be distracted." ”

Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Bei's gentle face, and could only take a deep breath, forcibly control his emotions, and let himself enter a daily state.

Honestly, it's a bit hard.

Although the experience of living in a chaotic environment in childhood and adolescence gave him a certain amount of sharpening, so that he had quite excellent psychological quality, it was also necessary to divide people, times, and places.

In his hometown, when facing the threat of the Yellow Turban Army, thieves and bandits, out of trust in his elders, Zhuge Liang was able to stabilize himself.

But being in the palace, when facing the legendary Emperor His Majesty, he was really a little nervous, and it was really a little difficult to control his emotions.

Although he knew that it was necessary, the shock that His Majesty the Emperor had brought him was so strong that he could even hear his own heartbeat clearly.

Not only him, but also Lu Yi and Pang Tong next to him, only a little better, but they were also very close to Liu Bei, and they were also very nervous.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang seemed to be really a little nervous, Liu Bei shook his head and smiled, without putting too much pressure on the young Zhuge Liang, he turned his head and walked to the side to look at Pang Tong's scroll.

Pang Tong was writing the topic of the strategy, Liu Bei stood beside him, looked down, Pang Tong's pen did not hold it steady, and the word "war" was written in an instant, which made Pang Tong very nervous.

Liu Bei reached out and patted Pang Tong's shoulder amusefully.

"I'm not doing anything, and you're so nervous? Am I that scary? Relax, don't worry about me, I'm just looking, you wrote it. ”

As he spoke, Liu Bei wandered to Lu Yi's side again and went to read Lu Yi's answer sheet.

Lu Yi was calculating a more complicated math problem for the transportation of grain and grass for the army, and when he saw Liu Bei coming, he took a deep breath and forcibly told himself not to be nervous, not to be nervous, and forcibly wanted to maintain the calculus state, but it was obvious that his autosuggestion effect was not good, and as soon as Liu Bei stood beside him, his thinking began to be confused.

But this is not the first time Lu Yi has seen Liu Bei.

He was taken care of by Liu Bei a long time ago and entered the Sili Academy to study, and Liu Bei would go to Taixue and Sili School to inspect the school's operation as long as he was free, and he liked to give speeches to students, saying something like the youth is strong and the country is strong, which is very popular with students.

Sometimes, he even taught in person, explaining some political and military content to the students, and explained some of the Confucian scriptures and teachings that he was familiar with, and would eat in the cafeteria with the students, acting very kind and gentle.

Because of these things, the students in Taixue and Sili schools are no strangers to Liu Bei, and they have a very deep impression of him.

Lu Yi thanked Liu Bei for taking care of their family and allowing him to take his younger brother to study at Sili Academy, and once met Liu Bei to express his gratitude when Liu Bei visited Sili Academy, and received Liu Bei's relief and praise, encouraging him to study hard and serve the country in the future.

This is indeed his goal, and it is also his dream, and now when the road of dreams is about to reach a critical juncture, an important benefactor actually stands aside and watches, which ......

I'm so nervous!

Looking at Lu Yi's appearance of writing and drawing on the calculus paper with his head down, Liu Bei knew that maybe his sense of existence was too strong and he couldn't stay next to a candidate for a long time, otherwise it would not be a good thing for these young people.

So he walked around again, and circled around the top twenty candidates, and found that their psychological qualities were not excellent, at least at this moment.

In comparison, Zhuge Liang, who can still write articles, is already the best one.

Xu Fu saw Liu Bei coming, and he couldn't write directly, Shi Tao saw Liu Bei coming, and the pen fell to the ground, and Lu Su saw Liu Bei coming, and his nervous body began to tremble.

Sima Yi was a little better, but Liu Bei also found that he was constantly inhaling, exhaling, inhaling, exhaling, and seemed to want to calm himself down and continue to answer the questions, and then, he really began to resume answering questions.

Yes, this kid has a bit of the taste of the king of Gou.

At a young age, he has a good ability to control his emotions, which many people can't control in their lifetime, but Sima Yi can do it, as you can imagine, this may also be a talent.

Sima can win, in addition to the second and third generations are more powerful, Sima Yi himself can live is also an important reason, his experience is very powerful proof of the truth that living to the end is a victory.

As long as the enemy is dead and he is still alive, it is a victory, and it is a victory if it is not a victory.

No matter how strong you Zhuge Liang is, will you live as long as me?

Didn't you?

Liu Bei feels that everyone around him should learn Sima Yi's mentality, even if he can't learn it completely, he must try to control his emotions, and sometimes, people's emotions can really affect his health.

Am I really that terrible?

Liu Bei felt helpless, so he could only shake his head and walk away, and then returned to Zhuge Liang's side and watched Zhuge Liang write articles.

This time Liu Bei found that Zhuge Liang's brushstrokes did not stop, and he still maintained a state of hard work, even if he stood beside him, which made Liu Bei a little curious and a little happy, he looked down and found that Zhuge Liang was answering the question of opening up Jiaozhou.

Standing beside him and looking at it for a while, Liu Bei hooked the corners of his mouth, feeling that Zhuge Liang's writing was quite interesting.

Zhuge Liang believes that it is correct to open up Jiaozhou, there is no problem with the strategy of the imperial court, and it is completely possible to open up Jiaozhou if the imperial court has spare strength.

However, the imperial court needed to take into account the huge amount of materials, money, and manpower needed to open up Jiaozhou, and properly plan to extend the time for the development of Jiaozhou, so as to reduce the comprehensive pressure on the integration of the Han Empire.

As long as the time is long enough, then the financial pressure of the Han Empire will not be very great, but if you are so happy and want to forcibly develop Jiaozhou in a very short time, it will only cause unnecessary tragedy.

At this point, Zhuge Liang cites Wang Mang's tragedy.

He believes that many of Wang Mang's policies are a bit interesting, and if they are promoted slowly and one by one, each policy can be fully prepared before being promoted as today, and will not be betrayed and abandoned by the people of the world.

It's a pity that he didn't, he was too hasty and arbitrary to promote a lot of policies that need to be laid down and prepared for a long time before they can be implemented, so that the people of the world have no time to adapt to the new situation.

He was too proud and conceited.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang hoped that the imperial court would learn from the experience of Wang Mang's failure, not to rush forward, but to formulate a detailed and careful plan, advance step by step, complete a plan in a cycle, promote development in a planned way, strictly implement the plan, and do not destroy the plan.

Time, most importantly, time, is also very important.

Soon, more than 1,000 words were written by Zhuge Liang, concise and concise, and there are historical citations, this roll of paper is already very large, but it is still full of Zhuge Liang's writing, if it is not for the limit on the number of words, maybe Zhuge Liang will write a long story.

After this article was written, Zhuge Liang breathed a sigh of relief, and in a blink of an eye he saw a person standing next to him, and as soon as he looked up, okay, His Majesty the Emperor was looking at him with very gentle eyes.

It feels ......

Why is it so similar to the way his brother Zhuge Jin looked at him when he was sick before?

Ah......h

Did I know His Majesty the Emperor before?

Have we met?

Zhuge Liang is a little bit no.

But fortunately, Liu Bei didn't do anything, smiled, turned around and looked at Pang Tong's volume, and went to torture others, not staring at Zhuge Liang to torture alone.

With the passage of time, no matter how dull the candidates are, they also perceive the difficulty of this Jun exam.

Not only is the difficulty of the topic increased, but more importantly, the pressure in my heart is increasing, especially after the emperor himself went out to inspect the field, this pressure is even greater.

That is the emperor, the Son of Heaven of the King of Kings, the Lord of the Four Seas, the Supreme of the World, the Son of Heaven who was born in a slight cold but once ascended to the top, powerful in all directions, no one dared to resist, such a strong ruler stood in front of him and watched himself answer the question, this ......

Can you not be nervous?

Many candidates were not very nervous at first, but when they saw someone standing beside them, they began to get nervous, their thinking was not so active and stable, they began to panic, and they were not very nervous about the whole process of answering questions.

In this case, two hours later, at noon, the Jun Examination officially ended, and the first imperial examination of the Han Empire was officially announced.

However, it is difficult to say whether they ate happily and easily or heavily at this meal, many candidates look at the people around them with bitter faces, if they find that the other party has the same bitter face as themselves, then look at each other and smile bitterly, if they find that the other party is smiling and relaxed, then don't turn your face and curse this bastard for not doing well in the test.

Pang Tong looked at Zhuge Liang and asked him how he did in the exam, Zhuge Liang smiled and shook his head.

Didn't you do well in the exam?

Pang Tong felt that even if Zhuge Liang didn't do well in the exam, it was a normal thing, because during this exam, the Son of Heaven himself had been around them for at least an hour, and he couldn't stop to read their answers at every turn, which brought them great psychological pressure, and Pang Tong felt that he was a little out of order.

Although the monarch examination is not deposed in principle, if you really do too badly in the exam and are really deposed, what can you do?

Do you want to return to your hometown in Jingzhou in disgrace?

No, before leaving, I boasted to my family about Haikou, and I also praised Haikou to Mr. Sima Shuijing, and they all said that if they couldn't get the top prize, they would win the top three, otherwise they would never return to their hometown in Jingzhou.

If you can't pass the test, how can you have the face to go back?

Pang Tong began to worry about this......

Lu Yi felt pretty good, he felt that he had gotten all the points he should get, and his strategy was also closely related to the core of Jiade Tongyi, and he blew it on the Son of Heaven and the policy, and he would not get a low score no matter what.

In his opinion, there are not many students who can closely follow the core content of Guardian Tongyi and get key scores, and few students have studied the full text of Guardian Tongyi as carefully as he did, and asked Lu Kang, an elder in the clan, to give instructions for him.

Can a senior official have the same information as an ordinary student?

After Lu Kang's instructions and allocation, Lu Yi felt that he was more confident in the pulse of the future development of Dahan.

With such confidence, Lu Yi and Zhuge Liang looked at each other and smiled, and didn't say anything, just waiting for the meal.

The Son of Heaven was above, they didn't dare to say much, but fortunately, the meal seemed to be ready, and at the sound of an order, many attendants came to the main square with the same food boxes as they had been in the previous selection to serve the students.

Unlike before, there was a box containing rice and vegetables, but this time, the dishes are in a separate box, the rice is in a separate box, and then there is a box of soup, and the dishes are richer, larger and more gorgeous than before.

Good guy, the banquet given by the Son of Heaven must be the food made by the imperial chef in the palace who took out the housekeeping skills, so why don't you hurry up and eat it?

The candidates who had exhausted their brainpower and worked hard to answer the questions smelled the tempting aroma of the food, and they didn't care about joy or loss for a while, so they quickly lowered their heads and began to dry their meals.

On the high platform, Liu Bei also had a meal with the accompanying officials and attendants, and the food was the same as that of the candidates, which was also a box lunch.

"Thank you for your hard work, the food is simple, but it is absolutely full, you can eat happily."

Liu Bei said a word, then sat down and took the lead in cooking, accompanied by Guo Jia, Zheng Xuan and others also threw off their cheeks and cooked rice, and for a while eating became the mainstream, and everything else was incidental.

Life in the upper echelons of the Third Reich was so unpretentious and boring.

(End of chapter)