Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 642
It was noon and the sun was shining brightly. On the square in front of Huangji Hall, the palace examination was still going on.

The rules of this imperial examination are different from those of the general examination.

There will be three exams in nine days, and there will be more than ten articles in total, and there will be some tricky questions.

The Palace Examination is one question a day, and this question is a relatively simple current affairs strategy.

The reason why there is such a big difference between the palace examination and the general examination is mainly because the purposes of the general examination and the palace examination are different.

The general examination is to select talents through various examination questions, so it is relatively strict.

The palace examination is to let these talents try their best to make a beautiful article in front of the emperor, so it is relatively loose.

Candidates for the general examination may also cheat because there are too many questions, and if they do not pass the exam, they will be eliminated.

The palace examination is different, anyway, there is only one question, and this question is just to determine the ranking of the gold list, as long as the essay is well-regulated and not too outrageous, basically there will still be a Jinshi.

In this case, it is basically impossible for candidates to cheat.

It is possible for the examiner to cheat.

However, the examiner has to wait until the time of grading papers to cheat. During the exam, he is right under the eyes of the emperor. Who would dare to cheat?

At this time, Taichang didn't do any strange moves anymore, because he had already received the news that the hot air balloon was heading here smoothly, and his hanging heart had already been relieved.

Then there is a big surprise for these candidates.

As for the quality of the essays produced by these candidates, to be honest, he didn't care much.

Because it is enough for a class of candidates to have a peerless genius like Fang Yizhi.

The other candidates, anyway, were selected through the college examinations, township examinations, and general examinations. They must have a little ability, and it is definitely not a problem to be an official.

He also believed that Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang and other officials in charge of grading papers would not cheat, because they had no need to affect the ranking of candidates, and it would not make much sense for them to get the number one.

Therefore, he felt quite relaxed at the moment, and he even had the leisure to observe the situation in the examination room.

The square in front of the Huangji Hall is indeed big enough, and it usually looks a bit empty when thousands of Beijing officials come to the morning court.

However, more than 2000 small tables almost filled the entire square in front of Huangji Hall.

In order to make room, the original surrounding curtains were even removed from the wind.

In order not to affect the examinee's view of the hot air balloon in the sky, the original huge ceiling was also removed.

At this moment, the entire square of Huangji Hall is full of neat pillars and densely packed candidates, which looks quite spectacular.

Question, what if the admission scale of Gongshi is larger?

Although more than 3000 small tables can be placed in the square in front of the Emperor's Palace, it cannot allow candidates to get too close.

This issue really needs to be considered. If Daming continues to develop like this, it is not impossible to get three thousand or even four thousand Jinshi at a time.

He was frowning and thinking, when Wang Chengen suddenly came up to him and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, it's time, do you want something to eat?"

Uh, is it the end of the day before you know it?
He had just been concerned about the hot air balloon, so he didn't feel hungry. When Wang Chengen said this, he immediately felt that his stomach emptied in an instant, and he was really hungry.

In fact, during the palace exam, you can eat, not only he can eat, but also the candidates can eat.

However, in order not to leave a bad impression on the emperor, candidates generally would not eat during the palace examination.

Anyway, it was only a few hours, and it passed after a while.

Ten years of cold windows have passed, and several years or even more than ten years of hard work to catch up for the exam have also passed. These few hours are nothing.

Therefore, candidates generally do not bring food during the palace examination.

Taichang looked up, just in time to see Fang Yizhi who was in the middle on the left.

This kid is a peerless genius, don't starve to death.

After thinking for a while, he stood up and walked slowly towards Yudao.

The emperor got up to inspect!
Seeing this, a group of candidates hurriedly pressed the somewhat messy manuscript paper under the white paper.

They all thought that the emperor would not come down to inspect today.

After all, most of the day has passed, and the emperor seemed to get up and go out for a trip, and the rest of the time he just sat there without moving.

Unexpectedly, the emperor suddenly got up to inspect again.

I dare not show the messy manuscript paper to the emperor. Whenever the emperor frowns, the invigilating examiner next to him will remember it in his heart.

All the candidates were carefully covering up, but Taichang walked up to Fang Yizhi slowly, looked at him for a few times, then bent down, and asked in a low voice, "Mizhi, are you hungry?"

Fang Yizhi couldn't help crying when he heard the words.

Your Majesty, what are you doing here?

During the palace test, everyone didn't eat, and I ate alone, wouldn't that be the target of public criticism!
Please don't ask people to bring you something to eat.

He could only shake his head slightly, and then whispered: "Thank you, Your Majesty, the students are not hungry."

Well, as long as you can hold on.

Taichang sighed slightly, turned around and walked up the steps again.

As for Fang Yizhi's answer, it doesn't matter, it's absolutely stunning, the best in the world.

Because he had already told others about the exam questions of the palace exam, and he even mentioned them in detail.

He gave them a detailed introduction of electric lights, motors, and telegraphs, and even gave them a rough description of telephones, televisions, and computers.

I believe Fang Yizhi has already figured out how this electric energy will develop when it is applied, and the article made by him may even surprise Xu Guangqi and Bi Maokang.

This science champion must be someone else.

The main reason why he did this was because he didn't want Fang Yizhi to waste too much time preparing for the palace test, because he was in a hurry to let others develop the telegraph.

Naturally, the other candidates did not know about his "tricks" with Fang Yizhi.

Everyone thought that the emperor was going to come down to make a good inspection. Who would have thought that the emperor would come down to look at the Huiyuan of science and then turn around and go up.

Taichang sat back on the dragon chair and thought about it, but he still didn't eat.

Be hungry if you're hungry, it's only two hours anyway.

There is still a major drama to be staged next, he must think carefully about how to perform this drama well.

At about a quarter of the time, news finally came from the last observation point of the Tonghui River that the hot air balloon was less than ten miles away from the capital.

At this time, Taichang stood up and said loudly: "Okay, if you haven't finished writing, hurry up and write. After two quarters of an hour, I will show you something good."

Uh, this is the palace test, what good things to look at?

In fact, all candidates have written the article almost.

After all, there is only one question in this palace examination, and they have been writing it for five hours.

Some candidates just haven't copied the written articles neatly on the answer sheet.

The emperor had already spoken, so everyone naturally did not dare to be negligent, and all the candidates who hadn't copied on the answer sheet raised their pens to copy seriously.

Although this stereotyped essay is difficult to write, an article can only be a few hundred words at most, and it is still very fast to copy it after writing.

In less than a quarter of an hour, almost all the examinees put down the wands in their hands, kneeled and sat there respectfully, watching their noses with their eyes and their hearts with their noses, as if they had settled down.

This means, Your Majesty, we have finished writing, if there is something good, take it out!
With such a big hot air balloon, Taichang naturally couldn't get it out.

However, at this time, there were faint exclamations in the distance.

This proves that Cheng Jiashuo has already driven a hot air balloon into the sky above the capital.

He stood up straight away, took out the telescope he had prepared, and scanned the southeast sky.

Soon, he found the huge hot air balloon.

At this time, the hot air balloon was probably less than two miles away from the palace, and Cheng Jiashuo was holding up the binoculars, carefully directing the masters of Jin Yiwei above to lower their altitude.

In order for these candidates to see clearly, he had to lower the hot air balloon to about [-] feet.

Fortunately, there are no buildings over [-] meters high in the capital of Ming Dynasty at this moment, so it is not a big problem for him to fly at such a low altitude.

It didn't take long for Cheng Jiashuo to drive a hot air balloon to the vicinity of the palace, and when he searched for the location of the Huangji Hall with a telescope, he happened to see Taichang staring at him with the telescope.

Well, how should I greet the emperor?
He was stunned for an instant as if he had been immobilized by someone.

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help smiling, then raised his hand and waved at him.

Seeing this, Cheng Jiashuo quickly raised his hand and waved it vigorously.

Why is the emperor waving his hand towards the sky? Could it be that he is greeting the gods in the sky?

All the candidates are a little bit inexplicable.

However, they soon understood what was going on.

Because just as Taichang put down his hand, a huge guy appeared above the Huangji Hall.

Cheng Jiashuo couldn't help smiling when he saw the stunned expressions of the candidates, and then he pulled the banner belt that had been attached to the hanging basket.

"Wow", a huge banner immediately stretched out against the wind.

The prosperity of the Ming Dynasty lasted forever!
All the candidates were really shocked.

Even the liberal arts candidates have heard about the last question of the exam.

I want to fly to the sky and control the wind, cloud, thunder and lightning!

Before this moment, except for Fang Yizhi, the other candidates felt that the emperor's mind was a little twitched.

How is it possible to fly into the sky and control the wind, cloud, thunder and lightning?

Now, the facts are in front of us, there are really people flying in the sky!

How could they not be shocked.

I don't know which candidate suddenly took a step back, and then lay down on the ground and said loudly: "The prosperity of the Ming Dynasty will last forever, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Soon, all the candidates came to their senses, retreated behind the table, climbed up the mountain on their knees and shouted: "The prosperity of the Ming Dynasty will last forever, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Many people outside the palace and even outside the imperial city have seen this banner. After all, Cheng Jiashuo is flying a hot air balloon in circles in the sky. As long as the distance is not too far, everyone can see such big characters.

Many people heard the chorus of more than 2000 examinees in the palace.

Soon, there was a roar of mountains and tsunami from inside and outside the imperial city: "The prosperity of the Ming Dynasty will last forever, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Well, this worked out pretty well.

Taichang raised his hand slowly, signaling the candidates to stop shouting.

Immediately afterwards, he said loudly: "Everyone has seen that as long as we are willing to study hard, there is nothing our Da Ming can't do. It's not a problem to fly into the sky, control the wind, cloud, thunder and lightning. As long as everyone works together, Da Ming can control the whole world It’s not a problem. I hope that you will encourage each other, and I hope that my Ming Dynasty will flourish forever, and the people of Li and the common people will enjoy peace and health forever!”

(End of this chapter)