Alliance of the Heavens and Ming Dynasty

Chapter 190 The Big Exam Begins

The imperial examination is going on as scheduled.

Outside the Tribute Academy, countless candidates and students entered the examination room in an orderly manner. Among them were old men over sixty years old and vigorous young talents. The mixture of old and young seemed extremely discordant.

But this is the essence of the imperial examinations. Age has never been the threshold to limit the imperial examinations.

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Some people were found to be carrying cheating tools and were disqualified from the exam on the spot. Unable to suppress their inner grief, they cried loudly in front of many candidates and students.

However, this type of students is a minority after all, and those who can take the big exam are all the best students from all over the country, and some of them even won the first place in the provincial exam. Lost face, but also lost face.

"His Majesty is here!"

After all the students had entered the examination room of the Tribute Academy, Zhu Houzhao came belatedly with Liu Jin.

The forbidden army cleared the way, Jin Yiwei followed, and the top ten sword guards were close to protect, the momentum was very majestic.

"Chen, Liang Chu."

"Minister, Wang Jia."

"Minister, Fei Hong."

"See Your Majesty."

When the emperor came to the Gongyuan, the chief examiner, Liang Chu, and the two deputy chief examiners, Wang Jia and Fei Hong, hurriedly led a group of officials who presided over the scientific examination out to greet them.

"Your honor is free."

Zhu Houzhao stepped up and down from Longchao, raised his hands falsely, and signaled all the officials to stand up.

"All the scholars who participated in the scientific examination went in?"

Zhu Houzhao asked.

"Except for some students with dishonest intentions, all the students are already in place, and the exam will start immediately when the time comes."

Liang Chu quickly replied.

"Follow me in and have a look."

Zhu Houzhao was about to enter the Gongyuan, but was stopped by Wang Jia.

I saw Wang Jia pointing to the dragon-embroidered spring knife hanging on Zhu Houzhao's waist, and said euphemistically: "Your Majesty, there may be something wrong with bringing the knife into the Tribute Court."

The Gongyuan is the place where the imperial examination is held, and it is regarded by the students all over the world as the place where the literary movement is the most prosperous. Entering with swords and swords, the spirit of fighting with soldiers may destroy the literary movement, and the candidates will not be able to give full play to what they have learned.

This is very metaphysical, and I don't even know the so-called superstition, but the world still believes in this.

Confucian scholars always say that "you don't talk about strange powers and gods", but in fact they are the most superstitious people, and they still have a lot of research on the theory of gods and ghosts.

"There's something wrong."

Zhu Houzhao's expression was displeased, and if he brought a knife into the Tribute Court, it would impact the literary movement. Who said such baseless nonsense?His imperial palace is full of forbidden soldiers with swords and swords, so why don't they see the sharpness of swords and soldiers impacting his imperial fortune.

Some nonsense nonsense remarks are also used to show off in front of him, which is simply absurd.

Wang Jia was a little embarrassed. He actually didn't believe in those nonsense remarks, but he had to consider the impact of the matter. After all, three people became tigers, and one mouth made gold. With Liang Chu and Fei Hong, the three main examiners will not have a good time.

This kind of thing has not never happened in the imperial examinations in previous years. After many students lost their names in Sun Shan, they did not want to believe that their "talented" self would fail the rankings, so they went around picking stones, trying to make some sesame mung bean-sized things bigger, so that Use the power of public opinion to threaten the court and make the court change the list.

This kind of thing has happened many times, but it has never been successful. However, when the trouble started, it really caused the court quite a headache, and it took a lot of effort to settle the matter.

"Your Majesty, please!"

Liang Chu's words successfully resolved Wang Jia's embarrassment, and Zhu Houzhao was not polite, and strode into the Gongyuan.

He naturally knew Wang Jia's concerns, but the emperor didn't care, so why should the chief examiners stop him? Moreover, they all knew Zhu Houzhao's temper. As long as Zhu Houzhao was unwilling, no one could change Zhu Houzhao's will.

Inside the Gongyuan, it was extremely spacious, and Zhu Houzhao saw rows of temporary small houses. One examinee lived in one small house. During the exam, all food, drink, and distractions were settled in it, and he could not leave until the exam was over.

During the exam, there will be examiners constantly patrolling back and forth, and once they find any candidates who try to cheat, they will be expelled immediately. Not only will the exam results be invalidated, but in severe cases, all honors will be deprived.

"Three sides are closed, and one side is open. The great grandfather's design is really powerful. It largely eliminates the possibility of candidates cheating."

Looking at the rows of closely connected small houses in front of him, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help admiring.

These temporary small houses are surrounded by wooden boards on the left and right sides and the back. Only a very small door and window are opened in the front, which can not only allow candidates to enter and exit, but also allow the examiner to watch all the candidates' movements carefully. thin.

What's more, the space inside the small house is extremely small and the light is dim. Candidates can only answer in front of the doors and windows, so the possibility of cheating is even lower.

"Your Majesty personally came to the Gongyuan, and all the students came out to listen to His Majesty's instruction."

Liang Chu shouted loudly.

A large number of candidates came out of the small house one after another, looked at Zhu Houzhao, who was dressed in gorgeous robes, and had an extremely noble temperament, and hurriedly bowed down: "Students pay homage to Your Majesty."

No matter what Zhu Houzhao has done before, how unfriendly he is to the literati group, they dare not show their teeth to Zhu Houzhao. Why do they come to participate in the imperial examination?If you want to be an official, if you want to be an official, you must understand that the emperor is the master of the world.

They can complain and even scold the emperor in their hearts, but they can't show any disrespect on the surface, so as not to miss their bright future.

Reading is for the purpose of being an official, and if they can't be an official, what is the use of their reading? Even if there are their friends and elders among the people who were killed by the emperor before, they can't change their eager pursuit of being an official.

"Being able to come here shows that all of you are the most outstanding talents in my Ming Dynasty. In the future, you may enter the officialdom and be in power."

"Here, I would like to give you two pieces of advice. Don't be confused during the exam, keep a normal mind, and try your best to use your talents."

Zhu Houzhao said with a serious face: "Besides, don't delay your life because of a single mistake."

A few words are both encouragement and warning.

In the imperial examination, many candidates are not lacking in talent and learning, but lack of confidence in their mentality, so they take risks and choose to cheat. For those people, Zhu Houzhao only hopes that they will not be stupid.

Although he looked down on literati, he had to admit that the literati who came to participate in the scientific examination still had something, and it reminded him of some past memories.

Once upon a time, like these candidates, he hoped to change his destiny by passing the exam, but time has passed and things have changed. He is no longer the one he used to be, from the one who was chosen to the one who was chosen.

"The time is approaching, all students should quickly return to their examination positions."

After Zhu Houzhao finished his lecture, Liang Chu immediately jumped out and organized the examinees to return to their respective small rooms to get their minds in order and prepare for the exam.

Moreover, before the exam, there are still some preparatory work to be done.

Accompanied by Wang Jia and Fei Hong, Zhu Houzhao returned to the lobby of the Gongyuan and sat down. He was not in a hurry to leave, and wanted to see the performance of many candidates.

(End of this chapter)