Under the leadership of several Taichang Temple and Yushitai officials, 285 tribute students filed into Chengtian Hall.
This is a majestic and majestic palace, with dragons and jade pillars standing upright, surrounded by dragons and phoenixes, fully displaying the majesty of the court.
After entering this place, Zhang Jian's face changed slightly, and the Chi Dezhen King's destiny in his body was hidden in the life pillar. The mimic jade pendant transformed into the Confucian's destiny, resisting the penetration and suppression of the rich dragon and tiger aura of the imperial court.
Zhang Jian's expression remained unchanged.
He noticed that the Chengtian Hall was already filled with more than two hundred eucalyptus tables.
There is a small wooden sign placed on each table.
On the wooden sign is the name of a successful person.
His eyes were extremely sharp, and he could see at a glance that there were twenty-three rows in total, with the first twenty-two rows having twelve people in each row, and the last row having nine people.
"Everyone, please go to your seats. Don't make any loud noises or whisper to each other!"
As the examiner for the examination of the Ministry of Etiquette, Dr. Zhuang Ying, the imperial censor, still had a solemn expression on his face, but his words were extremely dignified.
After hearing this, all the officials quickly entered their seats one by one.
Zhang Jian's seat is in the first seat on the right side of the first row.
There are twelve figures in a row, six on the left and six on the right. The odd numbers are on the left and the even numbers are on the right. They are arranged starting from the center and going outward.
In the center is the bright dragon chair facing the golden steps.
Wang Qingzhou and Zhang Jian were sitting on either side of the middle aisle, facing the emperor directly.
Zhang Jian had already seen Wang Qingzhou sweating on the tip of his nose not far away. He took several deep breaths to calm himself down.
His expression remained unchanged.
There is indeed a golden house in the book. Once you have seen more and seen through the essence of things, you will naturally not have too much awe, but more rational curiosity.
At this moment, he seemed to feel that there was an awe-inspiring divine power approaching from one side in front of Chengtian Palace. In his mind, that awe-inspiring divine power was like all the power of the country gathered in the hands of one person. He was the permanent resident of the world. The gods, the boundless power of heaven and earth circulates, and the dragon and tiger energy make way.
I saw a figure wearing a black emperor's robe walking in from the side hall.
Da Gan is still black. The young emperor's imperial robe is mainly black, but the dragon pattern on his body is bright yellow. He wears a flat crown on his head. The young emperor is serious in speech, but his eyes are sweeping over many tribute students. After a few glances, especially at the leaders Wang Qingzhou, Zhang Jian, and Peng Yuanshou, they slowly withdrew their gaze and signaled to Zhuang Ying next to him that he could start.
Zhuang Ying was wearing a purple official uniform with a stern face. Beside him were several officials wearing purple robes and even red robes.
Zhang Jian guessed that they might be important officials of the imperial court, some of the three ministers and nine ministers.
I just don’t know which one is the prime minister and which one is the Taiwei.
Zhuang Ying said calmly.
"Your Majesty has ordered that the Palace Examination Ceremony in the spring of the sixth year of Jingwu has officially begun. Officials please distribute the Palace Examination Papers!
All Gongsheng students, please finish writing the test questions within three hours. You must concentrate on it, and you are not allowed to whisper to each other or peek at other people's test questions. Anyone who violates this rule will be dragged out of the Chengtian Hall and will be revoked and will never be hired! "
Three hours is six hours.
The palace examination lasted for six hours, which was not too long, but it was not too short either.
If there are special test questions, the examination time may be extended.
A few days ago, Zhang Jian was sitting upright, his eyes not squinting.
He is naturally very familiar with interview etiquette.
Of course, the etiquette of the palace examination is one aspect, but the most important thing is to look at the real evidence in hand.
However, Zhang Jian still felt a little strange when he took over the palace examination questions.
"Ask about the emperor's politics and his heart?"
His eyes fluctuated and he did not start writing immediately. In fact, this type of question was more about the emotional intelligence of the courtier.
He has a lot of potential in his mind.
Some of the information about Emperor Jingwu he had collected in the past few days came in handy at this time.
It's a pity that he doesn't have a clear grasp of Emperor Jingwu.
But there is still more or less some basis, which is much better than most people relying solely on guesswork.
Emperor Jingwu succeeded to the throne as a young man, observed his actions, formed a new army, and appointed honest ministers to clean up the place and eliminate abuses. He should not be an emperor who is happy with great achievements, but is most likely a man of action.
Of course, this is temporary.
How many emperors were very energetic when they were young, but when they got old, they began to fail.
Catering to this kind of hard-working people is definitely more difficult than those emperors who are eager to achieve success.
Zhang Jian could write an article that would impress the emperor and even many important officials in the imperial court, but he felt that it would be too much to bring out Wang Zhao in a mere imperial examination.
Don't be too pragmatic when it's time to brag.
Just add a little bit of dry stuff in it.
After pondering for a moment, Zhang Jian wrote: "I heard that when the emperor comes to control the interior of the house, there must be a manager to implement the actual administration, and then he can control the crowd. All the intricate mechanisms will lead to the rule of Xiangyuan; there must be advocacy and leadership. With a solid heart, we can then temper all the workers, invigorate the general affairs, and have the principles to achieve prosperity, establish disciplines, and order laws..."
He wrote eloquently and in a letter, but in fact his idea was to improve the administration of officials and rejuvenate the country.
This is actually a repeat of an old tune, but in the palace examination questions in front of me, the intention is excellent.
Zhang Jian wrote eloquently about many ways to improve the administration of officials, but most of them were superficial discussions and stopped at the right time when he was ensuring that he could scratch the emperor's itch.
If you talk too much, you will inevitably offend some important officials in the court, which is unwise.
If he says too little, Emperor Jingwu will probably think that his words are conclusive, but in fact they are just words. Zhang Jian needs to give Emperor Jingwu the idea that I have something to say, but I can only talk to you alone.
This method may be nothing to many important officials in the imperial court, but in front of a group of Gongsheng students who have not yet entered the officialdom, it is definitely much smarter than novices pecking each other.
Of course, in this process, he must not just write some practical articles in a dry manner. When it is time to praise our Lord for his wisdom, he must not skip it.
But just praising the emperor would be too explicit.
Zhang Jian went round and round in the article and praised the rule of Emperor Gaozu and the rule of Taizu without leaving any trace.
Then he came up with his own point of view.
An article of nearly a thousand words was written eloquently, and Zhang Jian poured in awe-inspiring righteousness. In the eyes of several Taoists at the Cave God Temple in the court, the great righteousness rushed straight into the hall, and the bright thoughts became colorful. One of them was wearing a Wuji Taoist robe. Gao Guanbo couldn't help but step forward to check Zhang Jian's original scroll.
However, after just one glance, the Taoist couldn't help but raise his brows, twitch the corners of his mouth, and quickly retreated to his original position.
He still looked like he was looking at his eyes, nose, and heart, and was not interested in anything.
"Master Jingming, what's going on?"
When Emperor Jingwu saw this, he couldn't help but ask his companion, who was an old eunuch with slender eyebrows. When he heard this, his eyes moved and he whispered a few words into Emperor Jingwu's ear. This immediately aroused Emperor Jingwu's curiosity. At that moment, he also stepped down from Danbi and walked to Zhang Jian's side.
