Red Chamber: Bring Xue Baochai home at the beginning

Chapter 36 Palace Exam
"Since he doesn't follow his elders first, he deserves to suffer a little bit."

There is no doubt about the tone of the Supreme Emperor.

"You go to the Ministry of Rites later and have someone dismiss him!"

"Obey! The old slave will go later, and I will let the nobles know that the emperor's Long En is still there!"

Dai Quan happily agreed, but said in Keke's mouth, "It's just...it's a pity for this kid's talent."

The Supreme Emperor was about to go back to rest, when he heard the words, he said disdainfully:
"Suppressing more than 100 Japanese pirates counts as talent? There are no tigers in the south of the Yangtze River, and such monkeys are catching a group of them in the frontier!"

Dai Quan shook his head, and said, "Your Majesty, this kid not only wiped out the Japanese pirates, but also won two yuan. He can be regarded as a man with both civil and military skills."

"Oh? And this?"

The Supreme Emperor was a little surprised when he heard this.

Dai Quan nodded and confirmed: "He was Ying Tianfu Jieyuan before, and he won No.1 again in this test."

If this is directly dismissed, I am afraid it will be too controversial.

He didn't dare to directly reject the Supreme Emperor, so he could only speak out after a few detours.

The Supreme Emperor pondered for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "In that case, after the palace examination is marked, you should go there."

"This……"

It was even more difficult for Dai Quan.

This is worse than letting him go to the Ministry of Rites.

Directly face-to-face with Emperor Jingshun!
The Supreme Emperor immediately chuckled and said, "What? Are you afraid of offending Tai Chi Palace?"

"Your Majesty was joking. Others don't know, and this old slave doesn't know that the two saints, father and son, are of the same mind. They are all for the sake of Wei. There is nothing that can't be offended."

Dai Quan shook his head quickly.

Don't worry about what the father and son do, but no one can say anything about it.

"is it?"

The Supreme Emperor snorted coldly.

Dai Quan quickly knelt down and said tremblingly: "After all, the imperial examination is a grand ceremony of talent, old slave..."

Not only offended Emperor Jingshun, but also charged with sabotaging the imperial examination.

Didn't the scholars tear him up that day?

Seeing this, the Supreme Emperor couldn't help laughing and said, "How can this old man care about his reputation?"

"The old slave's reputation is nothing, the main reason is that he is afraid of ruining His Majesty's reputation!"

"Okay, after all, it's Huiyuan, so there's no need to dismiss it. You can just ask the other side to move the ranking back."

The overlord waved his hand.

"In this way, let's give some explanation to those few families."

Only then did Dai Quan relax slightly.

Even if a fox pretends to be a tiger, there is a limit.

If it is downgraded, it is not impossible.

After all, Emperor Jingshun was notoriously filial.

…………

As soon as the time changed, it was the first day of April.

The Taiji Palace among the three inner palaces contains many halls and pavilions such as the Taiji Hall, the Liangyi Hall, and the Chengqing Hall.

Among them, the Taiji Hall is the largest one, and it is also the place where Emperor Jingshun went to court on weekdays.

And today, the Tai Chi Hall is also the hall examination venue.

Feng Yibo stands out among the crowd of tributes.

Not just at the top.

Also because of age.

Zhou Jun, a 32-year-old Zhonggong scholar, is already young and promising.

Most of the more than 300 Gong Shi who took the test at the scene were between [-] and [-] years old.

Those under [-], no more than ten people by visual estimation.

Twenty or less.

Only Feng Yibo was alone.

What's more, he is still Huiyuan.

From word of mouth, these people all know that Huiyuan of this department is a real kid.

Now just by looking at her face, she can tell that she is his youngest.

Fortunately, it is tender but thick.

And with his back to everyone's eyes, Feng Yibo really didn't feel anything.

Of course, no matter how social the tributes were, no one dared to socialize in the palace.

Even Zhou Jun didn't dare to come over.

After Feng Yibo released the ranking that day, he celebrated with Zhou Jun a little.

After a few drinks, we exchanged name cards.

Make an appointment to follow the process together.

The two are from the same hometown, are classmates, and now they are the same year.

If you don't get closer, I'm really sorry for being so different.

But now, he stands far behind.

Feng Yibo stood at the front.

The palace examination is presided over by the emperor himself, and the ritual sense of showing the power of God is very strong.

All behaviors must strictly abide by the "Palace Examination Ritual".

One day in advance, Honglu Temple and Guanglu Temple had already arranged the examination room.

Early this morning, officials from the Ministry of Rites brought the tributes to the outside of the Tai Chi Hall.

They are arranged on both sides of Danchi, facing north.

Feng Yibo, who was standing in the front right now, was actually at the gate of Tai Chi Hall.

Even if you look up, you can clearly see Emperor Jingshun in the main hall, who is wearing ordinary clothes and sitting north facing south.

At this time, an official from Honglu Temple asked to be promoted to the palace, and Emperor Jingshun replied:
"Quasi-playing".

Under the leadership of officials from the Ministry of Rites, the tributes entered the hall to salute Emperor Jingshun.

Then they lined up on both sides and stood in front of the table prepared in advance.

Emperor Jingshun wrote the policy title himself, and the servant officer placed it on the case.

Feng Yibo peeked at Emperor Jingshun, but he couldn't see anything special.

About thirty years old, quite majestic appearance.

If you look closely, there are still some traces of time management.

Dark circles are heavy.

At this time, the deacon began to distribute the test questions, and the tributes began to answer the papers.

Feng Yibo adjusted his sitting posture and opened the test questions.

I saw the title read:

Ask the emperor's government and the emperor's heart.

It's not as mysterious as the many "real questions" that Feng Yibo has done.

This topic is very clear.

To put it simply, it is how the emperor should govern and the guiding ideology of governing.

Could it be that Emperor Jingshun has shaken his ruling philosophy?
Feng Yibo didn't have time to think about it, so he first wrote down on the straw paper: "Be honest, be honest."

This is the core point of this game.

Next, take a deep breath and start writing.

"The minister is right:"

If there are any policy questions, there will be answers.

These two characters have the same meaning as "jie:" or "answer:" in later generations.

"I heard that the king's way is in Yuyu, there must be the real government of the manager... there must be the sincerity of advocacy..."

Begin by clarifying the core point of view.

Just like the three golden chapters, attract attention first.

Next, the plot will unfold.

"What is sincerity?..."

"Shizheng Chen, then..."

"Stand upright, then..."

"..."

"Gai solid heart is established first, and real government is followed. The transformation of Yongxi is not difficult to achieve..."

"..."

After finishing writing in one breath, I realized that only an hour had passed.

Feng Yibo rubbed his wrist, and picked up the pen again after a while.

Word by word, revise and polish.

As the saying goes:
The examination room is like a battlefield, and the pen is like a gun.

The palace examination is a decisive battle, a game that determines life and death.

This exam determines the future development, no matter how cautious it is.

At [-] noon, the imperial court provided lunch.

After the meal, Feng Yibo felt that there was nothing to change.

Only then did I start using the pavilion style, writing stroke by stroke on the test paper.

After that, calm down and wait for the ink to dry.

During the entire exam, only the deacon inspected the exam room.

There were no markers walking back and forth.

Because, the palace examination is to be vague.

After everything was over, the tributes took their things and went out through the east corner gate of Taiji Palace.

As soon as they went out, there were people sitting on the ground, whispering: "It's over!"

There are also, or sigh, or sullen.

More is looking tired.

After all, it is inevitable to be nervous in front of the emperor.

Most people leave in a hurry.

Feng Yibo is no exception.

He said a few words to Zhou Jun,

They made an appointment to watch the list together tomorrow, and said goodbye to each other.

　The Taishanghuang still called me, and the emperor called Yu, from the records in the "Old Tang Book", which can be used as a precedent.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)