Xu He was filled with doubts, but now was not the time for him to think.
After Wu Xingbang finished reading the questions asked by the emperor, the ministers who came to support him went back and forth where they were supposed to be.
All the big guys retreated from the hall, and in an instant, the entire Fengxian Hall became empty again.
The little eunuchs quickly took advantage of this moment to move the tables and stools that had been prepared long ago into the palace.
Papers were posted on the tables that were brought in, with the rankings of the tribute examination candidates written on them.
Xu He ranked first, and of course his position was right in the middle below Danqi.
After the young eunuchs quickly arranged the seats, they returned to the palace not long after they left.
Just when Xu He was puzzled, suddenly, a bag of cakes and a bottle of juice from an unknown fruit were stuffed into his hand.
Good guy, this half-foot stepped into the system, and as expected, the benefits immediately increased.
In the past, I had to prepare my own food for exams.
Now, the imperial court has begun to distribute benefits!
In fact, what Xu He didn’t know was that this cake was called Gong Cake, which was the red damask cake of the Tang Dynasty.
The second volume of Song Yemeng's "Records of a Summer Vacation" says: "The imperial meal of the Tang Dynasty focused on red silk cakes. In Guanghua of Emperor Zhaozong, a list of Jinshi was put on the list, and 28 people including Pei Ge were selected, thinking that they had won people. Meeting Yanqu River, He ordered the eunuch to make twenty-eight loaves of bread and give them to him."
All are old traditions.
However, there is something new, which is the juice distributed to every candidate.
In previous years, tea was kept in the corner of the hall for the candidates to take it by themselves.
Unexpectedly, Emperor Zhizheng was so generous this year and even gave juice to the candidates!
After all the candidates had received their benefits, Wu Xingbang officially announced that the Bingchen Palace Examination would officially begin in the 37th year of the Zhengzheng Period.
Everyone finds his or her seat according to the corners of the table.
As soon as Xu He sat down, an official from the Ministry of Rites handed him the test paper.
He quickly opened it and took a look. Holy shit, he finally knew why the uncle wanted to test his eyesight.
The position of this Nima Huiyuan is right in the middle of the hall. It originally had its back to the door of the hall, and its body blocked the light. In addition, the light in the depths of the hall was not good. If the test paper fonts were smaller, it would be fatal.
After receiving the test paper, you can start the exam. The first half page of the test paper is not used for answering questions. You must write down your resume here.
The content is: The candidate for the imperial examination is a certain minister, who is a certain age, is from a certain prefecture and county in a certain province, born from episei or accretion or tribute, and should be selected for the Chinese examination of the township in such and such a year. The examiner should be selected for the Chinese examination of such and such year.
When I enter the palace examination, I would like to list the roles of the three generations behind me.
Below, write the great-grandfather, grandfather, father, whether he is an official or not, and indicate it below the names of the elders of the three generations.
The test paper is mounted on four layers of white rice paper and is in 15 format.
The first six pages are plain pages for writing resumes, and the last nine pages are for writing your policy papers.
The palace examination in the Wei Dynasty only took one day, and no candles were given. This also followed the old system of the previous dynasty.
During the Longxing period of the Song Dynasty, Liu Guorui, the imperial censor, once said, "There is a fire ban in the palace; the rules of tribute prohibit candles from being seen."
However, there are times when exceptions are made. In the second year of Emperor Yingzong's reign, Zeng Qi from Jiangxi made an exception in the palace examination by lighting candles and writing out policy questions.
At that time, the Yingzong was personally in charge of the court, but he was not the current Zhizheng Emperor, who could just turn around and avoid people.
They really monitored the exam from morning to night and read every candidate's essay.
When he saw Zeng Qi's article, he was shocked: "Understand the classics and history, and understand heaven and man. There is learning through teaching, and there is loyalty and sincerity. To be the leader of the world, to show off our civilization, to develop talents, only to be good. !”
After the examination, he was directly taught Hanlin to compile.
But Zeng Qi was really awesome. He had a great literary reputation and was called "Jiangxi Talented Scholar" when he was young. During the imperial examination, he wrote a policy essay of 20,000 words. After reading it, Yingzong probably had a tremor in his heart. .
I can't help it, I've never seen anyone so capable. Awesome, I'll give you the top prize, don't worry about 10,000 words, it's too much!
Of course, these are all jokes, people are really awesome.
However, Xu He also has the ability to write 20,000 words, but he will definitely not do such a thing.
First, it was originally a high-sounding topic, but the emperor had no intention of adopting any opinions or suggestions through this kind of topic. He wrote so much, but it was just playing the piano to others, which was not interesting.
Secondly, as the saying goes, if you talk too much, you will make mistakes. Since the emperor's original intention was to target Qin Yan, the more he wrote, the clearer his personal position would be. Speaking ill of Qin Yan made Wu Xingbang happy. What if Qin's chief minister knew how? manage?
Give it a rest. If the topic is redundant, then write a redundant article.
In any case, he has an attitude towards the title of No. 1 Scholar, that if I win, I will lose my life.
Thinking of this, he polished the ink carefully, dipped the pen in and wrote down the resume of the three generations.
At this time, Qiu Teng wandered to his side.
After reading Xu He's calligraphy, even an old Confucian scholar like Qiu Teng, who seeks perfection and blame, had to sigh. This boy's handwriting is really correct. It would be a pity not to copy it!
The light in this hall was poor, but when the old master stood aside, Xu He felt as if he were writing in a dark room, and the writing experience was terrible.
Hey, can you step to the side a little bit?
Very annoying.
Seeing that the old master refused to leave.
Xu He put down his pen directly.
When Qiu Teng saw this, he thought he wanted to think, and he was immediately interested to see how this guy wrote this policy article.
But seeing that half the time of burning the incense had passed, the boy still closed his eyes to rest and had no intention of writing.
Qiu Teng couldn't keep standing next to him and waiting for someone to write.
Helpless, he had to pretend to look around, and finally moved.
He just left here.
Xu He picked up the pen and started writing directly.
Qiu Teng turned his head and his face turned dark.
Damn it, this kid just doesn’t like me being in the way by being around...
Are you hurt?
On the one hand, Xu He really couldn't write because of the poor lighting, and on the other hand, he was thinking about how to write the article.
Official articles are naturally full of flowers.
I've always been very good at flattering.
Thinking of this, he wrote directly in the volume,
Xu He
Your Majesty:
I heard that those who want great governance for the world will be anxious about the great affairs of the world; those who are anxious about the great affairs of the world will surely destroy the foundation of the world.
What's the big deal?
Any compartment is already.
After writing this, he listened and said that he should be careful what he wrote next and think about it before writing.
continue……
Who is the big one? Self-cultivation is already done.
Hey, you thought I was going to talk about choosing a prime minister, but actually I’m going to go back to the old Confucian way and talk directly about building peace and order.
Kong Sheng is good, and his theoretical support is very sufficient.
Any topic can be redirected to another topic.
This is the benefit of systematic philosophical views.
I have to say that Xu He once again felt that Old Master Kong was indeed—awesome.
No, it solves practical difficulties for us!
continue……
If you don't take care of others, things will be too complicated and trivial to handle alone; if you don't cultivate your body, you will be confused about what is good and bad and cannot be known to everyone.
Therefore, as a ruler, he does not worry about the difficulty of governing the world, but worries about being unable to serve as prime minister.
Don't worry about being a helper, but worry about not being able to cultivate yourself.
Although the body has been cultivated, but the virtuous appearance is not available, and the merits are not achieved, it is not possible!
