Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 170 The Strategy of Prospering the Nation
On March [-]th, the palace examination was held as scheduled.

After the Ming Dynasty moved the capital to Yanjing, the palace examinations were generally held outside the Huangji Hall, which was also the place of the early dynasty.

This morning, Taichang didn't talk to the officials at all, he just asked the Honglu Temple ceremonial officer to add a sentence after the retreat if there is nothing to do, the emperor has a decree, if there is nothing important, don't start to waste time up.

What important things can eunuchs do?
They naturally have important things, but these things can only be done behind the emperor's back, such as greed for money, or planting and framing, eliminating dissidents and so on.

Playing these things in front of the emperor is courting death!

Therefore, this morning, the eunuch party just pretended to discuss the issues of Southwest and Liaodong, and the early court ended in a hurry.

Immediately afterwards, tens of thousands of imperial guards began to set up the examination room.

More than 600 freshly painted tables were neatly placed on both sides of the imperial avenue, and the ground was wiped down by the guards. Immediately afterwards, stacks of manuscript paper and examination papers were handed out. Neatly placed on the table, a solemn and concise palace examination examination room can be regarded as set up.

At the hour of the hour, when the warm sun was rising, more than six hundred tributes filed in from the Meridian Gate, and lay neatly on the red-carpeted royal road in front of the Huangji Hall.

"The Emperor is here."

With a loud singing, the dragon chariot has arrived.

Taichang walked to the main entrance of Huangji Hall with a solemn face, and slowly sat on the dragon chair that had already been placed there.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

More than [-] students shouted in unison, much more pure than the eunuchs or Donglin, because these students have basically never experienced the pollution of party struggles above the court, and they don't have any messy thoughts in their hearts.

At this moment, facing the "examiner" who selected them for the list, they all shouted from the bottom of their hearts.

At this moment, Taichang had the feeling of truly controlling the world, and these students were the ones who could really help him control the world.

Of course, it is not ruled out that some people's devotion to the country in the article is made up for the sake of fame and ranking.

It doesn't matter, this kind of people will show their fox's tail sooner or later, as long as most people are good, there are a few such people and it won't be a big deal.

Taichang raised his hand slightly, and said loudly: "Pingshen."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

All the students sang again, and then they cheered up and got up from the ground.

Then came the real palace test.

The ceremonial officer sang "The candidates are seated", and the students immediately separated from the middle and dispersed to both sides.

Their positions have been arranged, ten in a row, five on the left and five on the left and right, and the tables used by the palace are on both sides of the royal road. They only need to walk over one by one and kneel down to sit down.

Soon, all the examinees were seated, and the entire square of Huangji Hall fell silent.

The next thing is for the emperor to come up with a question. There is only one question in the palace examination, and that is the current affairs policy.

Taichang glanced around majestically, and then said loudly: "The exam questions of this palace exam are the strategy of bringing peace and prosperity to the country."

This!
As soon as he said this, the faces of all the candidates changed slightly.

why?

Because there is no such sentence in the "Four Books and Five Classics"!

In other words, the question posed by the emperor itself does not conform to the rules.

Of course Taichang knew that the question he asked did not conform to the previous rules.

However, this rule is no longer appropriate, so he wants to change it!
He is the emperor, of course he can change the rules.

But the dozen or so people in front of him dare not change this rule.

Because they were all coerced by the officials, if they dared to change this rule, they would be overwhelmed by the impeachment memorial!
Fortunately, at this moment, he has firmly controlled the military power, and he will clean up all the civil servants in the court, and no one will have the opportunity to impeach him with a memorial!
Now, he just wanted to see the reactions of these candidates.

If someone comes to persuade you with some sage's way, then, sorry, get out!
Gongshi are generally not eliminated in the palace examination, but whoever dares to sing against him at this time, then he will not be polite.

The rules can be changed, so what if you make an exception and eliminate a few tributes?
What he needs is a capable minister who can bring peace and prosperity to the country, not a rotten Confucian who values ​​rules more than anything else!
Fortunately, these students are not corrupt scholars.

They just changed their faces slightly, and no one was ready to stand up and persuade them.

Taichang nodded slightly, and then said loudly: "As the old saying goes, it is better to have no books than to believe in books. You read books not for the sake of reading, but for the sake of governing the country, regulating the family and the world. You have to distinguish this clearly. Okay. , and now start answering the questions."

All the candidates heard the words, quickly took out the draft paper, picked up their pens and meditated.

What is the strategy of bringing peace to the country and rejuvenating the country?
This is not some esoteric ancient prose, all candidates will naturally understand, and there are many strategies for rejuvenating the country, such as enriching the people, such as strengthening the army, such as clean government, such as breaking the barbarians, etc., all aspects can be written.

The problem is that it is difficult to write because there is too much to write.

Because they don't know what the emperor wants them to discuss!

What to do now?

The first part of the stereotyped essay is to solve the questions. They don't know where the key points of the exam questions are, and how to solve the questions!

This is a bit of a test of one's intelligence.

If you didn't mention the key points, then choose what you are best at and write about it!
It didn't take long for Wen Zhenmeng, Ni Yuanlu, Huang Daozhou and others to understand this question thoroughly.

They're starting to figure it out!

When many people saw this, they all had an idea and their eyes lit up.

Because they also want to understand. Although they don't know what Wen Zhenmeng and others are writing, they can understand the reason why Wen Zhenmeng and others are able to write so quickly.

Soon, another group of people began to write one after another.

At this time, if other candidates don't understand what's going on, it will really be a waste of their ten years of hard study and more than ten years of experience in rushing for the exam.

In less than half an hour, almost everyone started to write.

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help but slightly nodded.

As expected, this group of candidates did not choose wrongly. At least, they didn't have the kind of elm lumps that made them feel stupid when they read.

They can solve the problem and write in such a short period of time, which proves that their minds are still very flexible.

Of course, starting to write does not mean that these people will finish answering soon.

Although an stereotyped article is only a few hundred words long, it takes time to write it well and beautifully.

Therefore, the palace test is a whole day.

Taichang didn't change this rule. After all, hot tofu can't be eaten in a hurry. If someone is rash and reckless, he just writes in one sitting. The stereotyped article is finished in less than an hour or even half an hour. , then this person is probably out of stability.

Just kidding, the palace test is the ultimate test for scholars. If you don't think about how to write the best article, but just try to be fast, can you be a prudent person?
Prudent people usually write on the draft paper for a long time, and will not seriously write the well-thought-out article on the answer sheet until an hour before the handing in of the paper.

This day is also a test for candidates. After all, sitting cross-legged on the ground for a long time will hurt the legs, and in this weather, although the sun is warm, the ground is also very cold. Sitting cross-legged on the ground is not good. Generally uncomfortable, even wearing thick cotton trousers can't stop the coolness coming from below.

Of course, this test is nothing compared to the nine days of the provincial and general examinations.

The nine-day provincial examination can kill people from the heat, and the nine-day general examination can kill people from the cold.

This is not a joke, it happens from time to time that the township examination and the examination of the dead will happen.

These people can withstand the test of nine days of cold and heat, so this test is naturally nothing.

When you time came, the sun was about to set, and all the candidates put down their pens.

After another burst of shouting, the examinee left the field, and the next thing was to wait for the title of the gold list.

The rule of the palace examination is one day of examination, one day of marking, and posting of the imperial list on the third day.

Therefore, these candidates only need to go back and wait for a day before they can become real Jinshi.

(End of this chapter)