In the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, in August, the Enke examination began.

The sky is cloudy and slightly bright, in front of the Tribute Academy, there are already crowds of people, waiting for the opening of the hospital, everyone carries a small basket, which contains food and pen and ink, in addition, all belong to contraband, once found, cancel the exam, three years are not allowed to take the exam again, if you find a piece of paper or books such things, or even cancel your exam status, you are not allowed to take the exam again for life.

Each candidate enters the examination room and inspects the three examination rooms at the same time and supervises each other, so it is basically impossible to pass the test in confusion, so every candidate who is qualified to take the exam, there are some real materials in the Bagu article, and the real one out of ten thousand.

It's a pity that they don't know how many people are going to be disappointed this time, His Majesty the Emperor touched his lips up and down, and the original eight-strand article became a topic of southwest policy, including court politics, military politics, and civil affairs, which completely disrupted the rhythm of the exam.

When one by one was admitted to the hospital, everyone sat down, waited for the examiner's final speech in the examination booth, and then put the questions.

Don't look at just sitting in the shed thinking about the problem, solving the problem, solving the problem, the real horror is still to come, the mentality is not good, or the health is not good, there are also those who die in the Gongyuan.

Zhu Houzhao's seat is in the middle, in the crowd, and not in a conspicuous position, Xu Qiong is the chief examiner, not a patrol officer, so it is basically impossible to find him, the main and deputy examiners are of similar grade, naturally they will not surrender their identities to patrol, and it is impossible for others to see him, so Zhu Houzhao participated in an ancient imperial examination very comfortably, which felt very fresh and fun.

Liu Jin and Zhang Zhong naturally don't have to worry about anything unexpected for His Majesty in the Tribute Courtyard, unless someone is crazy, after the Tribute Academy exam, don't say it's an assassin, it's just a bird, don't want to fly in, there are crossbowmen on all sides, and people from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, the servants of Jingzhao Mansion, and the forbidden army, do you want to stab one and take a look?

It didn't take long for a preacher to come out with a vertical sign, and the gong officer who was beating the gong next to him shouted: "Put the question, start the test." ”

Suddenly, the eyes of all the candidates focused on the source of the voice, and they saw a number of paper bearers wrapped in red silk walking in front of the candidates' shed, and the question was written on the sign.

"Why Annan?"

When the exam questions came out, everyone was confused, what about the good eight shares, what about the splendid article, why is this Anxinan what the hell? Full of passion, being drenched from head to toe by a basin of cold water, the heart is cold, the good show is still to come, this question is only one of them, and there are two, that is, they have to answer this question within three days.

The troubles of the people in the southwest have been around for a long time, and no one thought that Xu Qiong would come up with such a question, isn't this Xu Shangshu's style of questioning? Damn, Dan, there's no way, this question is abolished, but you can't hand in a blank paper, how about you still have to write something.

Some people are happy and some are sad, and the sorrow is naturally those who are the readers that Yang Shen refers to, and the joy is naturally those who read thousands of books, travel thousands of miles, and are truly talented.

Zhu Houzhao is naturally counted in the latter.

Of course, there is another person he couldn't have imagined that he would be in the same examination hall as him, and that is Yan Song, who was played bad in later generations.

Jiajing's Yan Shoufu, who was in power and the opposition, all said that a traitor must have his superiority, and his superiority lies in this person being a politician, a politician has no bottom line, and a politician has a bottom line.

Sometimes, a politician's vision is vicious, they can often see the situation that others can't see, this person is defeated by greed and ambition, and finally it can be seen from his old age that Jiajing only deposed him in the end, but did not kill him, obviously did not want to kill him, if he really disliked him, Jiajing's obedient character, Yan Song could not live to be more than eighty years old.

When Yan Song saw this question, he thought about it for a while, and put down a book, no matter whether he was really open-minded or not, this calm attitude alone was enough to make most of the readers present ashamed.

"Annan, its people come first, and they want to do ·····."

And, when Liu Zizhang saw this question, he was dumbfounded, he wanted to go to the southwest as an official, and he had only traveled for three years to understand the living conditions of the people of Yungui, the luxury and domineering of Tusi, and the mountains and rivers of Daze, he already knew it in his chest, so he waited for high school and waited for the opportunity to go to the southwest.

But is it really his own behavior that touches the heavens? Enke's test question would come up with this strategy, and he naturally wouldn't have thought that he met today's son that day, and the world was touched by the heartfelt words of his friends and his friends, so he came up with this question.

Liu Zizhang suddenly felt that the time to show his hands and feet had come, perhaps, his wish could finally be achieved, so when he put down the pen, he was completely free, and the hills and ravines in his chest jumped on the paper.

After Zhu Houzhao started to be fresh, he was a little impatient, there was really no way to live this day when no one was waiting for him, but this idea was his own, just like the Internet famous words he heard in his previous life, what he made an appointment, he had to finish it with tears.

So he was in a hurry to finish the exam, just slightly changed the strategy he had made to change the land and return to the stream, and the handwriting was also slightly processed, just waiting for the afternoon to end the exam early, today is the third day, and he has to go back to discuss politics with Liu Li Xie and the three elders.

The whole examination room was filled with the tense atmosphere of the exam, one by one, all of them were sweating profusely, sweating profusely, sweating profusely, sweating on the paper, spending the test papers, and being taken out and re-written.

The knocking sound of "Bangbang" reminded that it was noon, but it was an intermission, eat some food and water.

Zhu Houzhao finally got through to the handing in of the papers, and it took others two hours to write the beginning, but he only took half an hour to finish it, and he has been resting until now.

"Report, the candidate of Jiayi Qijiu submits the paper."

Zhu Houzhao handed in the test papers and left the examination room in advance, three days, it took him half an hour, and there are two more in the back, as long as you come to make up the number, it will be almost the same, all the test papers are confused, except for the number, you can't see anything.

Only after the marking of the papers, the main and deputy examiners have checked, and after the ranking is selected, can the paste be taken and the name of the person can be known.

"Your Majesty, the young master is really brilliant, others are still thinking hard about answering questions, making judgments, those nerds, that is the young master, your opponent, the young master must be the leader of high school today, the old slave congratulates first." As soon as Liu Jin saw him, he hurriedly came over to pat this sycophant and hugged him.

Zhu Houzhao beckoned indifferently, Liu Jin handed the folding fan up, and Zhu Houzhao said quite casually; "Little imperial examination, you can't get caught yet, let's go, those old guys at home are going to be in a hurry."

Of course, Liu Jin knew that he was talking about those old guys, and naturally it was Liu Li, Xie Sangong, and various Shangshu.

Zhang Zhong still didn't have any sense of existence, and followed behind them silently.

The second test paper turned out to be Yan Song's, and sure enough, there were two brushes, which was worthy of being a big traitor who harmed Jiajing's dynasty, and there was still a little ink in his chest, and he also left the examination room early, and he didn't know where to go.

The third part is Liu Zizhang, as for the fourth part, it is a black and thin heroic young man, I don't know who it is? However, this person is quite calm, and he may know it when the list is announced.

In other words, Zhu Houzhao returned to the palace and disappeared for three days, except for the Queen Mother, no one knew where he went, and he was smart, as soon as he returned to the palace, he first went to the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother to ask for peace, comforted them, and then went to the Council Palace.

"Everyone, get up, you've worked hard these days." Zhu Houzhao said calmly.

"I don't dare to say that I am working hard, but there are a few things here that need to be decided by Your Majesty." The official department is still in the book, holding a few letters, bowing down and speaking.

Zhu Houzhao nodded, Liu Jin went to get it, and handed it to him with both hands.

"Exactly." Zhu Houzhao picked up the pen and approved it in person.

"Exactly."

"Exactly." It was approved three times in a row.

The official secretary took a breath of relief and returned to work.

Liu Jian is out of work again, it seems that in the past three days, there is really a backlog of twists and turns, Zhu Houzhao helplessly thought that it is not easy to be an emperor.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, I think Your Majesty has chosen the daughter of Xia Ru, today, the old minister is about to invite the Son of Heaven to get married." Liu Jian's words were not shocking, and he said such a sentence.

Then, Li Xie and the two pavilion elders behind him, as well as the secretaries of various ministries, asked for secondment and fell to the ground.

I'm a big fork, what's the situation?

When I get married, do I also want the minister to play the invitation? Didn't I choose a good match myself?

Zhu Houzhao's absurd behavior when he was in the East Palace, the maidservants who accompanied him, as long as they were young and beautiful, were all fortunate to be by, and I don't know if he had no heirs in his original history, whether it had anything to do with this.

The ministers have long had this intention, but at that time, the first emperor was still safe and healthy, and Zhu Houzhao was too young, so it has been entrusted until now, and now, he has ascended the throne, and now it is the right time to accept the queen, so when several old men heard the words of the queen mother, they were immediately happy, as long as Your Majesty has a queen, then the Ming Dynasty is truly stable.

"This, this, this matter, Rong Zhen is thinking about it." Zhu Houzhao was actually willing, but suddenly he couldn't accept it.

Xie Qiandao; "Your Majesty, the heavenly family has no selfish affairs, Your Majesty's wedding is related to the stability of the world, how can it be light? Now Your Majesty has been in power for a long time, and it is a top priority to accept the queen, if Your Majesty has it, the court can be stable, and the people can be safe, which is what the people's court expects. ”

Zhu Houzhao thought speechlessly, is it necessary for me to get married? That Xia clan, I haven't seen it yet, whether it's ugly or beautiful, do you know? No matter what, I'm going to see you again, I'm not sweet, understand?

Li Dongyang seemed to see through His Majesty's thoughts, and bowed down; "Your Majesty, the Xia family is young and beautiful, dignified and generous, knows everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is also a talented woman in the capital at home, and she is definitely a good match with Your Majesty." is worthy of Li Dongyang, who is scheming and decisive, and his mind is delicate.

As soon as he spoke, the two elders understood.

Zhu Houzhao saw that he was seen through, and he was not embarrassed, but his heart blossomed, and he groaned slightly; "Since it is a good match for me selected by the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, then I can't say anything more, so be it." Talented women, I like talented women.