Wen Ge'er and others divided into two columns and entered the left and right gates, walked through the open square in an orderly manner, and finally met the record reader headed by Xu Pu in front of the Danbi of Fengtian Hall.

As a person who has many years of experience attending palace banquets, Brother Wen is absolutely spotless in etiquette, and he looks like a little gentleman.

Liu Jian and others looked at Brother Wen, who was sitting in the front row of the tribute ceremony, with mixed emotions. They had lived in the capital for a long time, and they knew best how much the little prodigy, Brother Wen, had a sacred heart - their majesty even allowed him to enter the palace.

Tell the prince "Idiom Story".

Originally, Brother Wen was going back to his hometown to take the provincial examination. Everyone agreed with Xie Qian's statement and just wanted him to gain experience.

Unexpectedly, he was not only good at writing humorous articles, but he was also very good at writing timely articles!

He has already won two yuan in a row through this exam, which can be said to have confirmed his reputation as a child prodigy.

In fact, it shouldn’t be unexpected.

After all, four years ago, this kid had already published the "Collection of Poems of Shujishi" together with Qian Fu and others.

The questions in that collection of questions were basically written by Brother Wen, and the ideas for solving the questions given to him by Qian Fu and others were compiled by him himself. His ability to summarize is beyond the reach of many people!

If other people could learn from his idea of ​​compiling a book and try to summarize it several times on their own, they would be able to master many test questions!

It's a pity that most people who buy books only pay attention to the problem-solving ideas given by Qian Fu and others, and fail to notice that the most precious thing is actually the thinking process shown in each question.

If you can summarize the questions you encounter to this level, if you practice repeatedly for five years, will there still be questions that can stump you?

How old was Brother Wen at that time?

I guess he is only four or five years old!

Brother Wen was already able to do this at that time!

For him, there is really no need to memorize and practice the content of the karma over and over again.

It's just that whether he should be given the Yuan Ji Di or not depends on how he performs in the imperial examination.

After all, the imperial examination essays are meant to be read by the world. If Brother Wen doesn't perform well, they won't be able to force him into the top ten.

Doesn’t that make scholars all over the world filled with righteous indignation?

It is impossible for anyone to do such a thing of destroying one's own name.

Liu Jian glanced at Xu Pu and led a group of examiners to return the salutes to the more than a hundred candidates who had all saluted.

After the formal meeting between the two parties, the candidates were still divided into east and west rows, and were guided by officials from the Ministry of Rites to walk up the long stairs in front of the Fengtian Hall. Finally, headed by Wen Geer and the second-placed Gongshi in the examination, they stood separately.

On both sides of Danqi, they were waiting for the royal chariot to arrive.

All the civil and military officials were divided into left and right groups according to the usual order of attending court, and curiously looked at this group of prospective Jinshi who were about to become their new colleagues.

As the officials of Honglu Temple came out to invite Zhu Youtang to ascend to the palace, Zhu Youtang appeared in front of everyone in ordinary clothes.

What is different from previous years is that there is a little doll dressed like a red envelope with him!

Who is it if it’s not Prince Zhu Houzhao?

Zhu Houzhao followed his father into the palace and immediately saw Brother Wen standing at the front of the tributes.

Only Huiyuan can be ranked first!

His little gentleman is the best!

Zhu Houzhao found Brother Wen's figure and immediately raised his tail proudly, as if he was the one who passed the Huiyuan exam.

It is not unprecedented for a prince to observe the palace examination, but Zhu Houzhao is only six years old this year, and the crowning ceremony of the crown prince will not be held for several days, so it is a bit unorthodox to come and observe the palace examination.

However, it was a good thing that the prince was willing to care about the imperial court's talent promotion ceremony, and the courtiers had no objections. They allowed the little prince to sit in the palace and receive the courtesy from the civil and military officials and tributes.

Xu Pu invited Zhu Youtang to select the test questions himself, and Zhu Youtang announced the test questions for the imperial examination in public.

Then hundreds of officials left the venue one by one, leaving only the candidates, Zhu Youtang and his son, and a group of palace examination deacons.

The heroic generals of the Han Dynasty quickly placed the examination tables and chairs prepared by Honglu Temple to the east and west sides of Danqi, with fine pens, inks, paper and inkstones already placed on them.

This is the only exam in the entire imperial examination process that does not require bringing your own pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

The imperial court was very generous to the prospective Jinshi who were about to have a serious family background!

As the officials of the Ministry of Rites distributed the policy questions to everyone's desk in turn, this year's palace examination has officially begun.

As long as there is no strong wind or rain, they will have to answer the papers on both sides of the open-air Danchi!

If it rains, it’s time to carry the exam table to the verandahs on both sides and continue the exam!

Fortunately, we have reached the stage of the palace examination, and there is generally no possibility of cheating. Candidates can hand in the paper and leave as long as they finish writing their own questions. There is no need to wait until dusk to hand in the paper!

Brother Wen got the questions and was eager to write an outline on the draft paper, preparing to finish the exam early and go home to have fun.

When it comes to the imperial examination, there will be no more eight-part essay, only one policy.

The so-called policy is to give you a hot current political issue and let you make suggestions for the emperor.

For example, "It is too expensive to raise an army. Do you have any good ideas?" "Do you have any good suggestions for salt administration?" There are also some more false and empty ones, such as "How to make the world peaceful and peaceful", "What is the law of governing a country with etiquette" and so on.

Of course, this is just a big question. There are also a bunch of reference materials listed under the big question. These reference materials start at 200 words (the question maker may come up with thousands of words when he is free). Candidates are required to figure out and analyze these contents, and then Feel free to express your opinions.

Sometimes it also depends on the emperor's preferences or current needs. Some emperors who believe in Taoism (such as Emperor Jiajing) may give you something: "The way to establish the sky is called yin and yang, the way to establish the earth is soft and strong, and the way to establish the people is soft and strong. The way is called benevolence and righteousness" and so on.

The requirements for imperial examination articles are that it is best not to be novel or novel in style, nor to be too cynical in content.

You think you are showing off your skills and innovation, but actually the examiner thinks you are disturbing the atmosphere.

You think you are criticizing the current situation, but in fact the examiner will kill you directly!

Is this ceremony for recruiting talents, which was organized with great efforts and efforts from all over the imperial court, just for you to come and scold others in a way that you think you are smart?

If you don't even have a hair or two, and you don't have any practical experience, what great insights can you have?

So, don’t try to attract the examiner’s attention by taking the wrong approach, otherwise you won’t be worthy of being a Jinshi!

If you are really that capable, just wait until you are awarded the title to do something practical!

If you show your uniqueness at this juncture, isn't that just looking for trouble?

This kind of argumentative essay whose main requirement is to praise the country's virtues and point out the country is not difficult at all for Brother Wen. He even skillfully laid out the outline first and gradually filled it with flesh and blood in a leisurely manner.

There are so many famous quotes and deeds that I don’t know which one to choose!

Having too many composition materials is also a worry!

Brother Wen was writing and writing with great concentration outside Fengtian Hall.

In the Fengtian Hall, Zhu Houzhao sat beside the throne and stretched his little neck to look outside.

Fortunately, Brother Wen was sitting at the front, otherwise he might not have been able to find Brother Wen, the smallest one, among the candidates who were all dressed the same!

Zhu Youtang was also watching Brother Wen and the others answer questions.

It's just that he was not as blatant as Zhu Houzhao. He only looked at five other candidates and then looked at Brother Wen, instead of staring at Brother Wen all the time.

As a king, you must exercise restraint in everything!

Zhu Houzhao didn't know how to restrain himself. After sitting for a while, he couldn't sit still. He moved closer and muttered to Zhu Youtang: "Father, I want to go down and watch!"

Zhu Youtang said: "No, don't bother your little teacher to answer the questions. What if he fails the exam because of you?"

Zhu Houzhao jumped off the chair angrily, leaned on the railing and stood on tiptoe to look outside, trying to see the scene outside more clearly.

After Brother Wen finished drafting the outline, he looked up inadvertently and suddenly saw Zhu Liusui standing there staring at him.

Brother Wen:?????

Generally speaking, in this case, wouldn't the emperor just come and go through the process and then leave?

How can the emperor have the free time to accompany the candidates for how many hours?

Not to mention the emperor, even the examiners were impatient.

If there were only a few candidates left writing slowly, the examiners would really want to go over and blow out their candles!

Look at you, if you don’t work hard at all, you’ll just have to take extra exams!

You like to work late into the night, we don’t want to work overtime with you!

So, if no examiner wants to do a job, why are you, Zhu Liusui, here to join in the fun?

According to the usual practice, Zhu Youtang had finished presiding over the previous ceremony, sat down for a while and then left.

Seeing Zhu Houzhao looking longingly at the young gentleman he had not seen for a long time, Zhu Youtang thought for a moment and called Zhu Houzhao back to the throne to discuss: "Let's go down from the right and see how the candidates did with their answers. When we go around, After watching your little gentleman in the front row on the left, you should go back obediently."

Zhu Houzhao was a little unhappy at first, but it was really not interesting to stay in Fengtian Palace, so he immediately nodded to express his agreement with his father's proposal.

The father and son walked out of the hall and inspected the examination room from front to back starting from the right. After all the even-numbered candidates on the right had checked, they started to look at the answers of the odd-numbered candidates on the left from the back.

Zhu Houzhao was very dignified in front of others. He recalled the situation when Brother Wen usually took him as a junior examiner. His face was straight the whole time, his hands were behind his back, and he followed his father with steps as if he didn't recognize his relatives.

When he saw other people's handwriting being good, he would nod gently and seriously, with a serious look like "That's a good answer, I'm very optimistic about you."

People who don't know think he can really understand it.

For the scholars in the field, it was a very exciting thing for the emperor and the prince to personally come for inspection. When someone got a commendation from Zhu Youtang, his eyes were so excited that his hands began to shake.

Fortunately, everyone is writing drafts now, otherwise the answer sheet might be ruined by his shaking!

Zhu Youtang noticed that not everyone was calm when they passed by, so he looked at them all the way, without staying too long next to any candidate.
To be continued...