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Chapter 299 Four Questions in the Imperial Examination (Please subscribe)

Heshun's words were like a heavy hammer, making Alzhai, who was still hesitating, completely make up his mind.

He stood up and paced back and forth, thought for a moment, then gritted his teeth and looked at Heshun, and said solemnly:

"Okay, since you said so, I believe you will return to the Ming Dynasty. I will lead my troops south to Liaohetao. But it will take a few days. There are still some people in my department who want to stay and assist the Zalut Department. You need Give me some time to persuade you."

After hearing A'erzhai's definite and firm reply, Heshun's heart finally settled. He thought to himself that the big thing was done, and the hard work of the past few days was finally not in vain.

As long as the imperial court keeps the strongest Jirat tribe in Nekalka, even if the other four tribes are defeated by the Jianlu, so what?

Yue Tuo can't just wander around Inner Khalkha all the time. Once he leaves, and the Jishit tribe comes back, wouldn't it be better to take over the rule of the scattered Inner Khalkha? By then, the remnants of the unification can build a consensus, and the Jianqi tribe will have to deal with it. It's even more uncomfortable.

"Okay, but hurry up. I've stayed here long enough. Now that Yue Tuo's troops have arrived, I won't stay any longer. I'll leave here in a few days and go south with you guys."

After that, the two discussed in detail the details of their trip south. After setting the date, Heshun left with peace of mind.

As soon as he left the camp, he saw that the atmosphere in the entire Zalut camp suddenly became tense. Many people began to pack equipment and bags in a hurry.It seems that the news of the attack on the Bayot tribe must have spread. As the tribe closest to the Bayot tribe, the Zarut tribe is naturally the most vigilant. The slightest disturbance will attract everyone.

Seeing this scene, He Shun shook his head indifferently. He still knew the strength of the Zarut tribe. These people usually robbed homes and houses, and they might be good at such incompetent things as sneak attacks and plunder.Now I suddenly have to go head-to-head with Jianlu. I'm afraid I'll be in trouble and ask for trouble.

But none of this is what he cares about anymore. Now that the big deal has been decided, he has to withdraw.

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With Yue Tuo's expedition to Inner Khalkha, the situation in Liaodong is undergoing earth-shaking changes, and I'm afraid it will change soon!
However, due to the time difference, Zhu Youxiao in the capital only received the news that He Shixian had sent troops, and the other results are still unclear.

However, he has no time to care about this matter now, because there is a more important thing waiting for him now, which is the Enke Palace Examination to be held today.

For the scholars who took the imperial examination, the imperial examination was the last step to pass the imperial examination.They were very knowledgeable, just for this day's emperor's favor test, they passed high school in one fell swoop and sold themselves to the emperor's family, and then they rose to prominence.

On May [-]th, at Mao hour (from five o'clock to seven o'clock), the rising sun rises in the east. It is the time when a new day begins and the official office of the imperial court begins to work, so it is also called Mao hour.

Lu Xiangsheng, Zhang Guowei, Song Yingxing and others also gathered early, led by Wen Tiren, the Minister of Civil Affairs, passed through the Qianbu Corridor on the east side of the Qing Gate, and stayed strictly outside Chengtian Gate.Waiting for the usual inspection by the Jinwu Guards on duty outside Waichengtian Gate, and then preparing to enter the palace to take the imperial examination.

"After entering the palace, you are not allowed to make loud noises or walk around at will... Pay attention to the etiquette of the court. If you violate the etiquette and offend, you will be scolded at the least, and you will be dismissed from the palace directly."

Seeing that everyone was getting ready, Wen Tiren, who was over fifty years old, immediately told various etiquette rules with great enthusiasm.He also just took up the post of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Enke Palace Examination was the first major event he handled, so he was naturally very concerned about it.

Lu Xiangsheng and others knew in their hearts that the rules of the palace examination were strict, so they all accepted it.Wen Tiren nodded with satisfaction upon seeing this, and then gave a signal to the palace eunuch, and the side door of Chengtian Gate was slowly opened.

Lu Xiangsheng and others, under the attention and salute of about two hundred Han generals on both sides of Chengtian Gate, began to follow Wen Tiren's footsteps through Chengtian Gate, through Duanmen and finally to Meridian Gate.

There are five door openings on the front of the Meridian Gate, with two city gates on both sides. The entire gate is in the shape of a "concave".On the south side of the city gate on both sides, there is the left gate of the gate in the east and the right gate of the gate in the west. They are both entrances and exits from the Meridian Gate.

When he arrived at the Meridian Gate, Wen Tiren stopped and ordered people to separate Lu Xiangsheng and others into odd and even numbers according to their rankings in the examination.

There are many rituals in the palace, especially in the palace examination.According to the imperial court system, tribute ministers who entered the palace to participate in the palace examination had to enter the Meridian Gate in odd and even numbers.Take the left gate on the east side for odd numbers, and the right gate on the west side for even numbers.

These two gates will only be opened during palace examinations and royal dynasties. Under normal circumstances, when the princes and officials enter the palace, they use the door openings on both sides of the central door of the Meridian Gate.

The door in the middle is not only for the emperor's exclusive use, but the queen can use this door when marrying the queen. After the palace examination, the number one scholar, the second person in the list, and the third flower can also leave through this door when they leave the palace.In addition, there is a strict hierarchy. Once you go to the wrong door, it is a serious crime and can easily lead to death.

The tributes present have long remembered these rules and did not dare to neglect them at all.They lined up in order and entered the Meridian Gate, formally entering the majestic Forbidden City.

After passing through the Meridian Gate, what comes into view is the Huangji Gate, the largest palace gate in the entire Forbidden City.

After Shenzong's renovation, the Huangji Gate has been completely revised and has a brand new look.Now Wen Tiren's task is to lead Lu Xiangsheng and other disciples through the section from Meridian Gate to Huangji Gate, and lead them to Huangji Gate.

But when the tributes behind him were crossing this section of the road, they couldn't help but secretly glance to the right, looking at a long and long palace wall that separated the east side of the Forbidden City, leaving only one palace gate for entry and exit.This door is the Huiji Gate. As long as you pass through this door, you can go to the Wenhua Hall and the Cabinet.Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but sigh. This is the place they have dreamed of in their lives.I really want to find out. After all, this may be the closest time to the cabinet in my life.

"Wait silently and don't make any noise."

Wen Tiren led everyone to the Huangji Gate. At this moment, the several-foot-high vermilion gate was still tightly closed.It's not the designated time yet, so they can only wait here.

At Chen time (seven to nine o'clock), a burst of drum music came from the Huangji Gate, and the main gate of the Huangji Gate opened slowly and heavily.The candidates who had been waiting in front of the gate for a long time continued to pass through Fengtian Gate, and under the leadership of Wen Tiren, they walked to the Danbi standing in the square in front of Huangji Hall.

At this time, headed by Liu Yishen, Shen Guan, Ye Xianggao and other cabinet ministers, and assisted by six ministers, the readers and receivers, and dozens of Hanlin Academy deacons stood on top of Danbi. After accepting the prayers from all the candidates, he quietly waited for the arrival of the emperor.

"His Majesty the Emperor is here!"

Following the chanting officer's shout, Lu Xiangsheng and others hurriedly followed the sound, and saw the Jinyi Guardsmen walking from the right with five umbrella covers and four fans. In the latter, there were eunuchs carrying a dragon, and the dragon was faintly visible. A tall and dignified young man can be seen sitting on it.

"Long live my emperor! Long live! Long live!"

Everyone only dared to take a look, and then they quickly shouted long live and bowed three times and kowtowed five times under the shouts of the ceremonial officer.

It's just that Zhu Youxiao went directly to Danbi, while Lu Xiangsheng and the others stood in the square below Danbi, unable to see the emperor's specific appearance at all.

"Be flat!"

Zhu Youxiao sat on the throne of Lord Dan and watched Liu Yishuo and others slowly get up. This was his first imperial examination after taking the throne, so he naturally attached great importance to it and had been looking forward to it for a long time.So in order to show his attitude, he didn't go anywhere today and took the exam with these candidates.

"Your Majesty, there are currently 310 five tributes present. All preparations have been completed. The time has come. Please order the examination to begin."

As soon as everyone got up, Sun Shenxing, the official examiner, took the lead to report the details and then requested an order to start the examination.The number of people participating in this palace examination far exceeds the number of tributes recruited in this year's Enke examination. This is because not all those who participate in the palace examination are tributes from that year, and tributes from previous years can also participate.

After participating in the imperial examination, some Gongshi may have to give up the palace examination due to worries, illness and other reasons, and instead take part in the next palace examination.So this time there are 15 more people, all of whom have not participated in the guild hall examination due to various reasons in the past.

Zhu Youxiao was not surprised when he heard this, nodded and said:

"Then let's get started."

Upon hearing this, Sun Shenxing bowed his hand to Liu Yishui. Upon seeing this, Liu Yishuo stepped forward to ask for an imperial edict, walked to the stage, and read out the imperial edict to Lu Xiangsheng and others.

"The Emperor, who is entrusted with the destiny of heaven, said: The person you want to rule the world with is a scholar-bureaucrat. Today's scholar-officials are immoral and the world is declining. What is the best way to correct the scholar-official style?
I belong to the barbarians in the East, the land is narrow and the people are few, and I want to show off my evil intentions to Liaodong. The slaves cannot be destroyed, the troops cannot be withdrawn, and the pay cannot be reduced.Now that we want to destroy the enemy and restore our territory, what strategy will work?

There are commercial tax regulations, which are a real source of wealth, but it is difficult to implement new policies. What are some good strategies?As for the corruption and lawlessness of the officials in the imperial court, they deceived the superiors and concealed many things from the subordinates, and cut off the debts. How can we solve them?Erdoushi has been paying attention to world affairs for a long time, and he answers every paragraph without hesitation.I will see it in person. "

The imperial edict read out by Liu Yishen directly spelled out the questions for the palace examination.

There are four problems in total, namely how to change the extravagance of scholar-bureaucrats and the declining social customs; how to solve the problem of Jianlu; how to better promote commercial and tax regulations; and how to solve the problem of government officials.

Originally, the cabinet only drafted two topics for Zhu Youxiao to review, but Zhu Youxiao was not satisfied after seeing it, and added two additional regulations to rectify scholar-bureaucrats and promote commercial tax.

Although the cabinet was surprised, they also accepted it happily. They were no exception to the issue of changing the atmosphere of scholar-bureaucrats. They were surprised and pleased that the emperor actually took how to promote commercial tax regulations as a palace examination topic.

After Lu Xiangsheng and others below respectfully listened to the imperial edict, they memorized the exam questions and now began to figure out how to answer them.

Then, under the guidance of the promotion officer, all the candidates took their seats one by one. The desks for the examination had been set up by Guanglu Temple officials the day before. After seeing that everyone was seated, the deacon began to distribute questions and answer sheets.

The palace examination officially begins!
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