Enter the red building

Only the top 300 of the general examination participated in the palace examination, that is, only [-] people passed the general examination. It can be said that as soon as the general examination apricot list was posted, countless candidates really shed tears in the capital, and thousands of troops crossed the single-plank bridge. Well, Xue Qiu crossed the single-plank bridge.

On the day of the palace examination, although there were 300 people standing in the Hall of Preserving Harmony, it was not crowded at all. One can wonder how big the Hall of Preserving Harmony is.In front of each examinee is a mat, a square low table, on which a pen, ink, paper and inkstone are already placed, and there is no need to bring these for the palace examination.After the officials of the Ministry of Rites finished counting and handing out the papers, they could not answer. They had to wait for the emperor to come in person and start answering before writing.

Soon the emperor walked to the center of the hall wearing a golden dragon robe, followed by officials from various ministries, the majesty of the emperor directly gave the 300 people present a heavy sense of oppression, heroic and extraordinary, looking at the candidates below with a serious face, Zhengsheng He said: "Students, I hope you will answer the questions seriously and become the pillars of the imperial court."

As soon as the words were finished, all the candidates and students knelt down and said in unison: "We will go all out!" The slogan was said as if it had been rehearsed, and it was uniform. He opened his mouth, because he didn't know what to say, but luckily there were so many people, so he kept his head down to be inconspicuous.

At this time, the emperor's personal eunuch screamed, "The palace examination begins! Students answer!" The gong sounded "bang", and the examinees quickly sat down and read the test questions on the table.Many examinees were very shocked, and some even turned pale. This is only a policy theory that the emperor personally proposed, and did not quote words from the Four Books and Five Classics to explain it.

I saw that it was written impressively: policy, the time is in the southeast, pirates are rampant, the major events of the country, the place of death and life, the way of survival, must be investigated.

In just 25 words, the problem is to discuss military affairs, and to discuss how to solve the problem of rampant pirates along the southeast coast and restless borders along the Guangdong Sea.No wonder the faces of all the candidates were pale. They didn't test the Four Books and Five Classics, which really caught people off guard.

Xue Qiu was also shocked by this topic at first, but after thinking about it carefully, it is true that the situation in the southeast coast is getting more and more serious, and it must be resolved.Xue Qiu can also see from this that the emperor really has great ambitions, not a monarch who only knows how to enjoy himself.Also, Xue Qiu had read some books on military affairs in his previous life, so he was still a little confident in his heart.

The emperor saw Xue Qiu immediately because Ji Zhou beside him pointed it out to him.Not only the emperor valued this imperial examination, but also the officials behind him.Due to the downfall of King Yizhong, many officials in the court have been purged, and now these pillars are really needed.

Xue Qiu thought about it carefully before writing.The emperor looked at Xue Qiu's writing in one go, writing as if with divine help, which was the opposite of the other candidates who were thinking hard.Nai couldn't help being curious, and went straight to Xue Qiu's side.The other examinees also knew this meeting, and when they saw the emperor coming, they felt even more trembling and didn't know how to answer.

The emperor had known about Lin Ruhai's adoptive son for a long time, and he wanted to cultivate Xue Qiu more for Lin Ruhai's sake, but he never thought that Xue Qiu was actually Jinling's Xieyuan or Xinke Huiyuan, which made the emperor very fond of Xue Qiu. Be curious.He knew that the question this time would be difficult, and many Confucian students didn't know where to start to answer it. Seeing Xue Qiu scribbling, the emperor couldn't help but wonder how he would answer it.

Xue Qiu didn't notice that the emperor was standing behind him, but kept writing.The emperor took a closer look and was very surprised, the answer was simply too good.Xue Qiu's strategy boils down to a comprehensive rectification of coastal defense, which is different from ordinary people who only know what to say, but also say that it is not on the point.Xue Qiu wrote four measures for the rectification of coastal defense, and detailed specific methods for each point, which shocked the emperor greatly.

The emperor couldn't help but scrutinized Xue Qiu carefully. He was only 15 years old, and he had such profound insights, which really made people have to sigh.

The emperor left the Hall of Preserving Harmony without saying a word, but he was thinking carefully about the method Xue Qiu mentioned in his heart.The personal eunuch Li Quan didn't know what the emperor was thinking, so he followed the emperor, leaving officials big and small looking at each other.

The results of the palace examination came out soon, and the second and third rankers had already pointed it out. Only the second rank was the first, that is, the biography was not yet determined. As for the first and third ranks, but there was no number one, second place and Tan Hua.This is all ordered by the emperor.

The emperor looked at the list and test papers on the table, looked at all the officials, and asked, "Have you all taken care of it?"

All the officials leaned over to answer, Grand Tutor Liu Yi said in unison: "Only the number one scholar, the second place, and the candidates and biography are yet to be decided, please the emperor hand-picked."

The emperor picked up the test papers of the top seven in the Erjia and looked through them one by one. He was not disappointed, but just talking on paper. He said to Cheng You, Minister of Rites, "Chuanlu is Yao Yiming from Kyoto."

Cheng You responded with a bow.The emperor looked again at the test papers of the three first-ranked candidates, and after reading them, he asked, "Who do you think should be the number one?"

Li Xiao, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was the first to step forward and said, "My minister thinks that Xue Qiu from Jinling is the number one scholar." Li Xiao really thought that Xue Qiu's answer was very good.At this time, Ji Zhou didn't speak for Xue Qiu, and he knew how to avoid suspicion.

The emperor nodded, indicating that he understood, and did not say anything.Then he asked Song Jiang, a bachelor, "Song Jiang, what do you think?" The number one scholar in the new subject was awarded the editorship of the Imperial Academy, so it can be said that he was a member of the Imperial Academy.

Song Jiang already had gray hair all over his head, but his spirit was still struggling. He bowed and replied: "I think that Xue Qiu is young, and getting the third grade may not be a good thing for him."

As soon as Li Xiao heard Song Jiang's words, he was not happy, and asked directly: "Why is it not a good thing? Three yuan and first, he relies on his ability." Li Xiao has a straightforward personality and does not agree with Song Jiang's words at all.

The emperor turned to the crowd and asked, "What about you? What do you think?"

"I think Xiao Zimo in Lin'an is the number one scholar!" Song Jiang said.

"What? Xiao Zimo? It's all nonsense." Li Xiao responded with one sentence, and the emperor didn't care about Li Xiao's faux pas.

At this time Kuang Xu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I think that this year's imperial examinations are all juvenile candidates, which is really a great fortune for the country. I think that being young just means that the country is rich and powerful. Besides, this three-yuan rank is rare in ancient times. From the emperor's Appearing, doesn't it mean that the emperor is blessed with great fortune, attracting talents from all over the world to be the pillars of the country."

These words were really good, and the other officials couldn't help but secretly despise Kuang Xu, for even flattering the emperor at this time, he did it so well.

The emperor couldn't help laughing, "Okay, I will hand-pick Jinling Xue Qiu as the number one scholar, Jinling Liu Sheng as the second place, and Lin'an Xiao Zimo as Tanhua!"

All the officials knelt down and said in unison: "Observe the order!"

When the emperor's list was posted, people from the government office ran to announce the good news. This kind of thing was my favorite, and the happy money was unusually large, especially the happy money given by the number one scholar.

The person who announced the good news shouted all the way, "Jinling Xueqiu is the number one scholar, Sanyuan is the first. Jinling Liu Sheng is the second, Lin'an Xiao Zimo is the best." Shouting all the way, the people who heard it were very excited and moved towards West Street flocked.

Three yuan and first, rare in ancient times!

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