Xuanmen Xiaoguo Shi is divination again

Chapter 230 Stop By The Way

On the first day of April in the 23rd year of Changle, there was light rain in Beijing.

Mu Xici was sitting by the window, looking at the drizzle outside the window, the rain was not heavy, nor could it be called dense, it was extremely difficult to soak through his clothes when it hit his body, the fine pieces were like fog floating in the air, and just like the surface of a lake Smoke drifting up.

She held an ink-colored pawn in her hand, and her subordinates were half of the game.

The game between black and white has fallen into a stalemate, she suddenly threw the black jade chess piece that was held warm by her, and looked up quietly at the mist and smoke rising in the capital.

She was waiting for a piece of news, good news from the imperial city.

On the Qianyang Hall, civil and military officials lined up on both sides of the hall, all of them lowered their eyebrows and looked solemn. Mo Shucheng was dressed in a light purple dress. Standing in front of the big chair carved with dragons, his palms were empty. Drenched with sweat.

He looked at the officials in the audience, listened to the voice of the old inner eunuch announcing the decree, and then looked at the Xinke Gongshi outside the hall, he felt his heart almost jumping into his throat.

Although he has been preparing for this palace test for more than a month, and Xie Sinian has told him countless times in advance about the big and small precautions, but when he really stood on the high platform of Qianyang Palace, he still I can't help but feel full of apprehension.

It's all because he was too nervous last night, he didn't close his eyes for almost the whole night, this morning he almost missed the time, so he forgot to make a divination in a hurry to see if it was good or bad.

Mo Shucheng was secretly annoyed, and his anger was vented for no reason. In a daze, the inner eunuch had announced the decree, and when he came back to his senses, he was facing the cloudy eyes of his old father-in-law.

"Your Highness, are you ready?" The old eunuch bowed to the young man, his aged voice was now very deep, "Do you want to start the palace examination?"

"Well, let's get started." Mo Shucheng nodded, raised his sleeves as a signal, the father-in-law's chin was slightly lowered, he turned around and flicked the whisk in his palm, and shouted loudly: "The imperial examination begins——"

The drum-beating inner eunuchs guarding the gate of the hall heard the movement in the hall, and immediately rang the two big red-painted and white-faced copper-nailed drums. However, Mo Shucheng's palm became colder and colder.

After a series of bangs, the inner eunuch holding the roster of the tribute students sang loudly, and the tribute students who had been sung lowered their eyebrows, followed the little eunuch, and walked slowly into the hall.

The process of the palace examination is not complicated. This year, a total of 180 two tribute students have been admitted. Except for the last twelve, the remaining ten people are grouped into groups and enter the palace to answer questions one by one. There are [-] groups in total.

The task on Mo Shucheng's body is not considered onerous, and the person who writes the question is Mrs. Xiao, so there is no need for him to intervene; how to arrange the ranking and what kind of ranking is to be assisted by the officials of the Ministry of Rites.

All he needed to do was to carefully observe the expressions of the old matriarch Fu and the court officials, and make some random comments at the end.

Quick thinking, lofty aspirations, outstanding literary talent, and certain success... are all clichéd words that fool children.

In short, if the old matriarch's expression is good-looking, he will give a higher evaluation; if the old matriarch's expression is ugly, he will give it a poor evaluation.

As for whether to screen or not, he will always refer to the opinions given to him by the officials of the Ministry of Rites. If they say to keep it, then they will stay.

In this way, one group of exams can be completed in about half an hour, and after an hour and a half, half of the palace exam has passed.

Mo Shucheng, who felt that he was getting better, slowly relaxed the tense tendons in his mind. Taking advantage of everyone's unpreparedness, he even secretly shook his sore and sore ankle.

Persist for more than an hour, and this year's palace examination will be successfully concluded, and then I will bring the newly ranked top three to my father, and the old man will be very happy.

When the eunuch was calling the name outside the door, Mo Shucheng couldn't help being distracted again. He couldn't help but chuckle to himself, and there was also a not-so-obvious look of joy on his face.

Just as he was imagining the scene of being highly praised by Emperor Yunjing, there was a sudden sound of greetings outside Qianyang Hall.

The whip blew through the hall, and he suddenly came back to his senses, and saw Emperor Yun Jing, dressed in court clothes and crown, coming slowly, accompanied by a group of court ladies and eunuchs.

When he stepped into the main hall, all the officials bowed to salute, shouted "Long live", and Mo Shucheng hurriedly bowed to everyone when he saw this.

"Everything is flat, Taifu, sit down." Mo Jingyao waved the wide sleeves of the court uniform, and the ministers slowly straightened up after thanking them. Emperor Yunjing didn't care about their expressions, and walked straight up Stepping off the high platform, he calmly sat down on the big dragon-carved chair.

"Father, why are you here today?" Mo Shucheng didn't dare to get up, lowered his head and carefully asked about the meaning of Emperor Yunjing's move, "Is there something wrong with my son?"

"Haha, Cheng'er, don't be nervous. I just have nothing to do, so I stopped by to see how your palace exam is going." Emperor Yunjing laughed, with a leisurely posture and an easy-going tone.

"You don't have to care about me, just do whatever you want." The emperor said, raising his hand to pat Mo Shucheng's shoulder, "Just pretend that I'm not here, and continue to preside over the palace examination."

How can this be regarded as absent?

Mo Shucheng secretly slandered in his heart, and this neatly dressed court uniform and crown did not seem to be "on the way".

He muttered in his heart, but he didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction on his face.

"Your servant obeys the order." The young man in Chinese clothes bowed deeply, and then looked at the main hall again. His spirit, which had been relaxed a lot, suddenly became tense, and this time it was even more tense than it was in the morning.

"Continue." Mo Shucheng signaled to the inner eunuch beside him with his eyes, and the latter immediately announced the continuation of the palace examination. The young man's palms slipped, and his throat became dry and congested uncontrollably.

The next few sets of palace examinations went smoothly, and Emperor Yunjing behind him never made a sound.

Seeing this, Mo Shucheng couldn't help but raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead. His expression relaxed a little, but there was an unexplainable restlessness in his heart.

Aware of the uneasiness, he lowered his eyes and thought for a long time, but his brain was already half empty due to nervousness, and he couldn't think of a reason.

He frowned and pondered, until the penultimate group of Gongsheng students entered the hall to take the exam, and he saw the two Gongsheng students who had bribed him in front of them, and suddenly remembered the source of his anxiety——

Those two... are not Confucian scholars.

However, the thesis that the old master Fu puts out focuses on Confucianism.

This... isn't this bad? !

The young man in fine clothes clenched his fists in his sleeves tightly, and the corners of his lips tightened in a panic. He stared at the two Gong students in the hall, without daring to blink his eyes.

"Although the world is settled today, the people's livelihood is at the time of prosperity. However, I have a wide range of dry land, and I have crossed the southern border and the northern region. Every summer and winter, there are many disasters of waterlogging and freezing. Thanks to this in the treasury - what should I do?" To calm the people and improve their livelihoods, and to make the branches permanent?"

The old lady Xiao Fu smiled and stroked her beard. Most of the people who could enter the palace at this time were extremely talented and learned. He was also very willing to listen to the opinions of these young people.

Maybe we can really find some wonderful ways to not only relieve the suffering of the people's livelihood, but also relieve the emptiness of the national treasury.

When Emperor Yunjing in the big chair heard this topic, his slightly relaxed body immediately straightened up. Obviously, he was also very interested in the answers of these tribute students.

Seeing this, the ministers in the palace pricked up their ears, but Mo Shucheng's expression became more bitter and embarrassing.

——He had already seen the embarrassment on the faces of those two people.

　The problem of the old lady probably is that the country covers a large area and spans a long distance. The south is prone to waterlogging in summer, and the north is prone to freezing in winter.

　　The imperial court spends a lot of money on disaster relief every year, and the national treasury is also empty because of this reason. How can the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the treasury’s expenditure and income can be balanced so that there will be no deficit
　　I refer to the exam questions of the next generations of palace exams
　　Made it up by myself

　　I compiled a simple QAQ and don't care about the details
　　
　
(End of this chapter)