Compared with the torment of the township examination and the meeting examination for several days, the palace examination begins, and it is usually possible to hand in the papers and leave after noon.

Answering a question is like writing an argumentative essay, which requires the ability to explain the argument and analyze it in relation to the relevant policies of governance from ancient times to the present.

You should also be able to put forward the shortcomings in today's governing policy and what you think can be improved, that is, your own ideas and opinions, and at the same time stipulate that the answer to the question should be more than 1,000 words.

But even so, candidates should not let themselves go too far and blame the government at will. Therefore, most of the answers over the years are still at the level of singing praises and making euphemistic suggestions.

Occasionally, some stunned young people wanted to rely on advice to fight for their position, but they didn't know that they would be defeated before the level of reading the papers, and they didn't even have a chance for the emperor to hear it.

But there is an outlier among the candidates in this session - Jia Jue, the second master of Rongguo Mansion.

Jia Cong had already written a piece of paper, and Bao Erye was still scratching his ears and cheeks and didn't know what to do. Because he fell into a strange dilemma, I don't know who else he can spray this time.

Whether it is the three children's examinations or the township examinations, the people's livelihood, the governance of officials, etc., he can do what he says, but after reading the questions of the palace examination this time, Bao Erye was stunned.

Shinong industry and commerce, the four people of the country.

Persuading agriculture and mulberry, military attack, trade circulation, tax reform and other major policies, these are all practical policies, what is the use of light spray? Don't spray it, Bao Er Ye feels that his thoughts are not comprehensible.

Baoyu secretly said in his heart: The township has tried to spray the illegal businessmen, corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and will try to spray the Xilin Party that talks about misleading the country, so why not come to a big one this time, and directly target the one on the dragon chair?

If you want to do it, Bao Erye's sincere heart doesn't know what tactful and evasive it is, so he writes it with a pen.

"The minister is right: the minister hears that the emperor is the rule, there is a body and it is useful, and the merit and virtue are also said. Virtue is the body of learning, and it is the body of governance; Merit is used for political work, and for governance. The two can be incompatible, but they cannot be incompatible. Emperor Gai has not tasted the merit without merit, nor has he tasted the merit without virtue......"

When Baoyu fell into his own world, the whole person felt transparent, and the pen in his hand did not stop for a moment, and he finished writing a piece of paper in a short time.

He integrated the word merit into the question, and threw aside the idea that the emperor had been acting on behalf of the herdsmen and the celestial and human beings throughout the ages, believing that the way of heaven is humanity, and the prosperity of humanity is the merit of the emperor, and vice versa, it is the emperor's loss of morality, and over time the world will be overthrown by chaos.

He believes that whether it is the fear of war, the loss of cities and land, or the rampant corruption of officials, and the difficulties of people's livelihood, in the final analysis, it is the responsibility of the emperor.

If the king is virtuous and wise, he will have all the problems he encounters......

The palace test begins at the hour of the hour, and the emperor who is high above usually stays for more than an hour before leaving, although there are exceptions.

For example, today, Emperor Liu Heng has been staying in the Fengtian Palace, and when he saw that someone had already written a lot, he was interested in stepping down from His Majesty, intending to take a look first to see if there were any virtuous people among the tributes of this session.

He didn't go to Jia Cong, who was struggling to write, but walked all the way to the table of the eleventh place.

It is said that the emperor stood next to him and did not move, and ordinary candidates must not be frightened and tremble. But as long as Baoyu is involved in an incident, he won't notice the abnormality next to him at all.

The palms of several candidates nearby were sweaty, and he was still struggling to "spray" the faint monarchs of the past and present on the paper, and advised the emperor to be a good person...... No, be a wise monarch, be a virtuous minister, be far from a villain, mourn the suffering of the people, and sigh the difficulties of the people's livelihood.

At the beginning, Liu Heng thought that Concubine Xian's younger brother had a good literary style, and this policy was written by quoting scriptures and classics, and the side was quoted from the side.

But gradually, the smile on his face disappeared.

What do you mean? Are corrupt officials and corrupt officials oppressing the people because they don't know anyone? Is the frontier constantly burning because I am not brave enough? How difficult is the people's livelihood, but I can't reconcile yin and yang?

On the first answer sheet, Baoyu was spraying throughout, and the second answer sheet was teaching the emperor to be a man, and these two almost slapped Liu Hengqi to death this cheap brother-in-law.

Fortunately, he had good patience and saw Baoyu's third answer sheet.

Agriculture-oriented, Juntian to reassure the people. Reduce the taxes and servitude of peasants and reduce the loss of people's manpower.

Well, that's a bit interesting, albeit a little immature......

Merchants who seek profits can drive profits to lure them, exchange profits for the land in their hands, nationalize them, put them in the hands of farmers, and implement the policy of equalizing the land and reassuring the people.

This is also good, you can refine it and give it a try. The scale of the sea trade is constantly expanding, and those businessmen have long been unable to sit still when they see the huge benefits of the sea trade, but they can try to exchange interests.

Baoyu's third answer sheet talks about the contradictions and problems between agriculture and commerce, and although many places seem naïve and ridiculous to the emperor, there are also many insightful insights.

In particular, the state ownership of land and Junda Yasumin's views made the emperor fall into deep thought. As long as the people have arable land in their hands to make ends meet, as long as they have a mouthful of food to eat, they will not be able to cause chaos.

The views on business are a little immature, as far as those wealthy businessmen and giants of the dynasty are concerned, where the meat in their stomachs will be easily spit out, and they have to think about it carefully.

Forget it, Concubine Xian's younger brother is a spoiled person, and being able to have such insight is already higher than most of the candidates. At least I sprayed something to say, unlike the one next to me, who still sang praises on paper.

I take the problems encountered by the imperial court to seek a way to govern the country, not for you to shout long live!

Liu Heng saw that Baoyu didn't have many new views on military affairs, so he nodded with a smile and turned away with his back.

Hai Gangfeng, who was still sweating for Baoyu on the side, saw the emperor nodding and smiling, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, it seems that this Jia Jue also knows how to judge the situation, and he should be a squirting person without a head today.

After turning around, the emperor finally stopped at Jia Cong's desk, and unlike the rest of the candidates' answer sheets, Jia Cong couldn't hold it back as he wrote.

Temple exam? What is that? Does it matter?

It's not important, it's not important at all, he has already taken the palace exam answer sheet as a suggestion to the center and the emperor.

Jia Cong divided the answer sheet of the palace examination into several aspects, extending from agriculture, commerce, and soldiers to all aspects of the new policy.

The six major aspects of agriculture, commerce, industry, military, justice, and education are all detailed, and under each major aspect, the current system and the areas that need to be optimized and restructured in the next five or ten years are listed.

This includes continuing to promote the contract responsibility system for household production in Guantian and Huangzhuang, cracking down on land annexation, and at the same time cultivating high-yield seedlings and expanding agricultural output. Reduce agricultural taxes until they are abolished, so as to reduce the burden on farmers.

There are also many suggestions in industry and commerce, and the more the emperor looks at them, the more familiar they feel. Isn't this what Xiao Jia Cong has said to himself in the past few years?

What expands commercial circulation, strengthens the country through industry, goes out to earn people's silver, replaces agricultural taxes with commercial taxes, and so on.

In addition, the military implementation of generals must come from the Royal Military Academy, and strengthen the sense of honor of soldiers as soldiers, these are all things that Jia Cong has kept mentioning in his ears in the past two years.

The last compulsory education, Lin Yatou sent him a thick stack of recitals some time ago, and this kid actually "ate soft rice" and wrote these into it.

Hey, stop writing? I haven't finished it!

The emperor was still unsatisfied, and was about to urge the change, but saw Jia Cong put down his pen and rubbed his wrist, and took out a piece of sesame cake from the examination basket on the side......

Coo~

Jia Cong, who had just woken up from the statecraft full of statecraft, was about to nibble on a cake when he suddenly heard a cooing sound on the side. When he turned his head, it turned out to be the emperor who was staring at him dissatisfiedly with his answer sheet.

He subconsciously handed over the cake in his hand, opened his mouth and remembered that this was a silent gesture in the palace test: Eat or not?

Coo~

I'm so hungry, forget it, let's go eat first!

The emperor glared at Jia Cong, put the answer sheet back on the table on the side, and turned around and went to the side hall.

In fact, since noon, the princes and ministers in the palace and all the candidates have been a little hungry.

Some of the quick answerers respectfully put away the answer sheet and handed it in after checking that there were no mistakes or omissions, and then left the Fengtian Temple quietly.

This is a temple test, although it is allowed to bring food to satisfy hunger, but there are very few people who really dare to eat in the Fengtian Temple.

Jia Cong clicked and nibbled on the sesame cake, and the clattering sound fell into the ears of other candidates like the voice of the devil.

Not the Son of Man, not the Son of Man!

I'm hungry, too, but I don't have the guts to actually bring food in!

Forget it, hurry up and leave the palace, stay any longer, I'm afraid I can't help but kill the person who gnaws the cake!

Baoyu wrote several large sheets of paper with a straight heart, and when she heard the click, she just put away the pen. raised his eyes and saw that it was Brother Cong, and glanced at his examination basket, not planning to eat the dry cake in the hall.

He blew off the ink, handed the answer sheet to the invigilator, and left. The people in the family are outside the palace, and they must be waiting for them with delicacies, and it is estimated that Brother Cong will finish writing and leave the palace after a while.

Baoyu thought so, but he didn't want Jia Cong to be the last candidate to leave the palace, he waited until dusk, and then saw Brother Cong walking out slowly with the exam basket.

"Brother Cong, why did you finish writing?"

Jia Cong threw the test basket onto the carriage and picked up the kettle.

After drinking to quench his thirst, he replied: "It's all my damn hands, I didn't stop for a while, and I wrote a thousand words." I hadn't finished writing three candles, and the invigilators almost kicked me out......"

……

In addition to the three tributaries who did not participate in the palace examination for some reason, the three hundred and forty-seven tributes will have the status of fellow jinshi at worst.

When the relatives of the two brothers returned home and asked about the palace examination of the two, Jia Cong said angrily: "The invigilator is unruly, and he thinks that I have written too long, and the time has not passed, so he has to ask me to hand in the paper." ”

Lin Ruhai couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "Although the palace test only stipulates the minimum number of words, this 10,000-word strategy is too shocking. Continue to write, the invigilator must not be exhausted and starve to death on the Fengtian Temple. ”

He shook his head and asked Baoyu how he had answered.

Baoyu thought of his words in the palace examination answer sheet, secretly glanced at his father, did not dare to tell the truth, and bowed his head and said a good word like a mosquito.

Everyone only thought that the questions in the palace exam were too difficult for Baoyu to answer well, so they spoke out to comfort them, but the always strict political master did not scold him.

After all, when he entered the Fengtian Palace, he was at least born in the same Jinshi, and he was already regarded as a glorious ancestor.

The two finally survived the difficulties of the imperial examination and rested at home for two days.

On March 17, officials of the Ministry of Rites sent someone to deliver the jinshi uniforms to each jinshi in advance, which will be used in tomorrow's ceremony.

These clothes are pre-made and need to be returned to the Ministry of Rites, so if there are clothes that do not fit, the scholars need to change them with others or the Ministry of Rites, and they cannot change them themselves.

On the 18th of March, all Chinese military officials of the DPRK were required to attend this triennial ceremony as long as there were no special circumstances.

At that time, after all the civil and military officials were ready to enter the palace, the Jinshi who were waiting outside the Great Xia Gate began to enter the palace, and their order was the same as that of the palace test, and the location of the ceremony was still the Fengtian Palace.

In front of the Fengtian Temple Square, the civil and military officials stand on both sides of the Danqi according to their civil and military positions, and the Jinshi are also divided into two columns and stand behind.

Everyone stood still, the music sounded, and Wen Tongxuan, a cabinet assistant minister and scholar of Wuyingdian University, held the yellow list in his hand and placed it on the yellow list case. After the arrival of the emperor, he ascended to the throne, and everyone bowed five times and bowed three times, and a group of officials entered the palace to begin the next step of the ceremony.

In the Fengtian Palace, Shen Ke, the secretary of Honglu Temple, began to read out the edict: "On March 15, the eighth year of Yuanyou, the tributaries of the world were tested, and the first class was given to the Jinshi and the first, the second was given to the Jinshi and the third was given to the Jinshi. ”

The officials of Honglu Temple outside the hall began to repeat Shen Ke's words, and the nine Han generals on the Danqi followed to sing harmony.

"On March 15 of the eighth year of Yuanyou, the first class was given to the Jinshi and the first, the second class was given to the Jinshi and the third class was given to the same Jinshi origin."

The hearts of the three hundred and forty-seven tribute scholars were almost worried, but Jia Cong was an outlier, who was looking at the expressions of his peers left and right with great interest.

Hey, Mu Congying, a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, is shaking his hands.

Ha, He Chong's legs and stomach are trembling, and he must recall his performance at the Chuan Gong ceremony for this kid another day.

Hey? What is Baoyu thinking about? It looks nervous.

And the people before and after Baoyu all showed incredible expressions, and they even forgot about their apprehension, and looked at Baoyu with broken thoughts in amazement.

I only heard Baoyu's fists clenched tightly, his face turned pale, and his eyes were blank: "Don't exile me to Lingnan, I won't go to Lingnan, I won't go to Lingnan, Lingnan, Nan ......"

Li Yutang, who ranked twelfth in the examination, had a lot of dealings with Baoyu in the poetry meeting before and after the examination, and asked in a shocked whisper: "Brother Bao, there has never been a precedent for dethroned candidates in the palace examination, let alone exile in Lingnan, why do you have such worries?" ”

Seeing that Baoyu was still in a state of confusion, the kind-hearted Li Yutang quietly pulled Baoyu's sleeve: "Brother Bao, Brother Bao, don't be too nervous, you won't be exiled to Lingnan, and the palace exam won't dethrone the candidates!" ”

Baoyu came back to his senses at this time, his face was full of bitterness, and he said mournfully: "But ...... But when I answered the test in the palace, I scolded Your Majesty......"

Hiss!

The people near the left all took a deep breath and silently avoided half a step. Spraying the emperor is not uncommon in Great Xia, but it is in the court.

Dare to spray the emperor in the palace test, it's the first time I've seen it, it's the first person in the ages!

Shocked to shocked, the ceremony is still going on steadily.

I only heard Shen Ke roll call and said: "Yuan You won the first place in the first class in the Renchen Hall in the eighth year, Jia Cong!" ”

The palace tried the three tripod armor roll call three times, only to see the birds on the glazed tiles all sing and get up, and the Han generals shouted in unison: "Yuan You eighth year Renchen Kedian test first place, Jia Cong!" ”

"The first place in the first class of the Renchen Kedian test in the eighth year of Yuan You, Jia Cong!"

"The first place in the first class of the Renchen Kedian test in the eighth year of Yuan You, Jia Cong!"

"Your Majesty has a decree, declare the first place and the first place, Jia Cong will see you!"

The corners of Jia Cong's mouth rose, and the rest of the tributes did not have the slightest surprise.

It's all five yuan, and six yuan has no suspense at all.

I saw Jia Cong turn around and bow his hand to the tributes, and then under the guidance of the guide, he walked up the stairs and walked into the Fengtian Palace, which was not unfamiliar.

The roll call continued, and Shen Ke continued to read: "Yuan You's eighth year Renchen Kedian tried the second place in the first class, He Chong!" ”

Sure enough, He Chong is a veritable head of the Seven Masters of Guozijian and a well-known young talent in Fujian. After winning the second place in the township test and the meeting test, the palace test once again followed Jia Cong and won the first and second place.

The second in 10,000 years, but he was also satisfied. When encountering a monster like Jia Cong, the second is the first!

As He Chong entered the temple, the roll call continued.

Shen Ke's roll call in the hall could not be transmitted to the Fengtian Temple Square, and with the repeated singing of the salute officer, the cheers of the Han general finally reached the ears of everyone.

"The third place in the first class of the Renchen Kedian test in the eighth year of Yuan You, Jia Jue!"

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Sitting up in shock in the dying sick......

I'm sick and confused, and I'm a little energetic in the middle of the night, so I get up and update the codeword.

That's it for tonight, and I'll continue tomorrow.

(End of chapter)