The official road of the farmer

The third day is the official exam.

As the highest level in the imperial examination, the palace examination is the last link, which is related to their final ranking. The 250 eight tributes are all cautious.

The palace examination only examines strategy theory, and the venue is the Palace of Preserving Harmony, which was assessed the day before yesterday.

It is said that the test will take a whole day, but in fact, the papers must be handed in as soon as the application time arrives in the afternoon, so the time is a bit tight.

On this day, Ye Junshu didn't dare to eat too much for breakfast, didn't dare to drink too much water, and didn't dare to eat heavy-tasting food.

After all, in a place like the imperial palace, if you can't move around, don't move around.

Moreover, the supreme ruler of the current dynasty will appear during the palace examination, so it would be bad if he made a fool of himself.

Although the Ministry of Rites issued a notice that all the tributes had to gather at the gate of the palace at Maoshi, but no one dared to step on the spot, and basically they all arrived in advance and waited.

Together with Ye Junshu and Yu Maolin, because it was still early, they chatted with other acquaintances.

Ye Junshu noticed that one of the tributes seemed to be hostile to them. If it wasn't for Ye Junshu's sharp senses, he might not have noticed it.

Ye Junshu glanced at it without any trace, and heard the names of some of the tributes around him, this is No.3?

Knowing the other party's information, Ye Junshu stopped paying attention.

As soon as Maoshi arrived, officials from the Ministry of Rites came over, accompanied by several white-faced eunuchs.

Since all the precautions have been explained in advance, they will not repeat them, and directly guide them in.

Ye Junshu and the others proceeded in an orderly manner according to the etiquette that they had practiced in the previous two days.

When they were sitting in front of their own desks in an orderly manner, a clear, long tone with a unique charm suddenly sounded——

"The Emperor is here!"

Ye Junshu and the others immediately stood up and took a step to the distance between the two desks, their clothes were lifted and they knelt on the hard ground with their fronts straight.

The emperor in bright yellow court clothes came over surrounded by a large group, Ye Junshu and the others shouted "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"!

Performing prostration is very particular, and every move and every step is strictly regulated.

Not long after the salute, I heard a deep and majestic voice saying: "Pingshen."

All the kneeling officials and Gong Shi stood up unanimously.

Seeing the supreme leader of this dynasty, Ye Junshu was still a little excited. He imagined many images of the emperor in his mind, but unfortunately he couldn't raise his eyes to verify.

They need to raise their heads slightly so that the emperor can observe their appearance, and they cannot lower their heads only to give an emperor the back of his head, which is disrespectful.

But they can't look directly at Long Yan, otherwise it would be disrespectful.

Their seats are arranged according to their ranks. Ye Junshu and Yu Maolin are both in the first row, and Ye Junshu can even see the bright yellow hem of the emperor's clothes.

At this time, during the Tai'an period of Daxia, the royal family was renamed Xiahou, and Emperor Tai'an was the fifth emperor of Daxia.

Emperor Tai'an said some words of encouragement, to the effect that all of you here are the pillars of the country, I value you and work hard.

Then Emperor Tai'an left to go to court early.

Ye Junshu and the others knelt down in unison again and shouted, "Respectfully, Your Majesty."

Although the palace examination is presided over by the emperor, the emperor will not sit here and watch their exams all the time. After the morning court, he may take some time to take a look.

After all, he is the leader of a country, with so many official duties every day, it is impossible for the emperor to waste a day just watching these tribute exams.

They are a group of tributes sitting in the Palace of Preserving Harmony, surrounded by dense crowds of examiners, eunuchs, eunuchs, and imperial guards. With so many eyes on them, everyone has nothing to hide, and any small action will fall into the eyes of others In this case, no one dares to cheat.

After Ye Junshu and the others sent the emperor away, they sat down at the eunuch's reminder, and then someone distributed the test papers.

For some reason, he always felt that the emperor's voice was somewhat familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before.

Before Ye Junshu could recall, the test paper and draft paper were handed out in front of him. Ye Junshu put aside distracting thoughts and began to read the questions.

The palace examination of this dynasty mainly involves policy theory, that is, writing argumentative essays. The topics are all related to the country's politics, economy, military, people's livelihood, living style, education, etc. They are all very specific and realistic questions, and candidates are required to give clear answers. s solution.

There is only one question in the policy theory of this exam, and the question is very long. After a rough scan, there are about [-] words.

They need to write a paper of about [-] words based on the content of the question.

The content of the topic of this policy discussion is: "There is no war, there is an opportunity to control the imperial; the evil kills the life, and the transformation contains the principle of the pavilion... The husband is in the spring and the snow is in the sun, and the cold canopy is easy to roll. Now I want to drive the temptation, temporarily stop Soldiers punished, arrows were written and arrows were sent down to the barbarian ministers, and the barbarians were blown back to return the cavalry. What is the reason for planning and planning?"

Its meaning is mainly to ask how to use diplomatic efforts to stop the war and stop the war with the captives on the border and communicate peacefully.

This question not only examines the candidate's concern and understanding of the country's military and diplomacy, but also shows the candidate's actual ability to handle national affairs.

Ye Junshu thought of the frequent wars at the border in recent years. Since the Li family repelled the foreigners and asked for surrender, and after the foreigners learned that the marshal of the Li family could no longer lead the army to fight, they began to stir up troubles at the border again, and his heart was tense.

Because of Ah Yu's relationship, Ye Junshu is very concerned about the movement of the border. If there is another war, will Ah Yu go to the border to fight again?

The Tiger Talisman is still in the hands of the Li family. If there is a war and the Li Family does not have a convincing leader, then it is very likely that the Tiger Talisman will be handed over this time.

And once delivered, the Tiger Talisman will hardly be returned to the Li family.

As a family of generals, once the Li family loses their military power, they will have no advantage against the Ming family. The Li family will struggle even more in the court. The emperor's favor has never been trusted.

Even thinking about the long term, if the eldest prince came to power after many years, and the power of the Ming family, who is the new emperor's relative, would be even more powerful, by then, would the Li family still have a way to survive?

The more Ye Junshu came into contact with Ah Yu's world, the more he saw his dangerous situation, and made him more determined to do his best to protect Ah Yu.

Of course, these questions are still too far away for him. Ye Junshu focused on the present. Such questions in the palace examination also represent the attitude of the court at this time. They have no intention of continuing the war, but if foreign enemies come, they will never will back off.

It's just that it hasn't reached the point of war at this time, so the court's idea is how to quell the signs of war through diplomatic means.

After all, once a war starts, the manpower, material and financial resources will be a huge sum of money, which will undoubtedly consume national power.

Ye Junshu calmed down, recalled the various diplomatic means he knew, organized his thoughts, and began to grind while preparing the draft.

After grinding the ink, write out your thoughts on the draft paper.

Since it is peaceful diplomacy, it is natural to start from this angle.

But before enumerating the solutions, it is necessary to publicize the prestige of the country, point out that our dynasty does not like war, but is not afraid of any war, and then explain why foreigners have repeatedly fought and failed, but they are still not afraid of death. Continue to offend.

He believes that no one likes war. The reason why foreigners want to invade their territory is nothing more than the vast and fertile land of the dynasty, while the environment where they live is harsh and difficult to survive. Only by solving the root cause can the war be completely quelled.

Ye Junshu wrote quickly on the draft paper, writing like a fountain, writing with spirit.

He wrote so intently that he didn't even know when there was someone standing beside him. When he inadvertently brushed that bright yellow out of the corner of his eye, the tip of his pen trembled, and the stroke doubled in boldness.

He gathered himself together, and even though his heart was beating like a drum at this moment, he still wrote down smoothly without stagnation.

The right is not found.

But once he knew that there was someone standing beside him, who was still the supreme leader, Ye Junshu couldn't ignore his existence after all. Fortunately, His Majesty left after a while.

Ye Junshu breathed a sigh of relief, His Majesty is really willful, he came quietly without making a sound, and he didn't even notice how long he stayed beside him.

Fortunately, his heart is strong enough, and his concentration is not bad, otherwise, if he is frightened and loses his face in front of the palace, and offends His Majesty, then his future will be gone.

He should be doing just fine?

Fortunately, he was writing on the draft paper just now, not on the test paper, otherwise, that somewhat discordant stroke would definitely make him feel bad.

You should know that the essays of the palace examination must be sealed, but there is no need to transcribe them. Candidates' essays will meet with the examiner directly, so the quality of calligraphy has a lot to do with it.

Even though he was thinking about some random things in his mind, Ye Junshu was still concentrating on the problem on the surface.

However, he was only distracted for a while, and then continued to expand the train of thought just now.

In order to completely quell the war, we must help solve the survival problems of the foreign races. It is absolutely impossible to provide them with supplies every year. It is very likely that if one is not careful, he will breed tigers, feed the other party's appetite, and be insatiable.

But they can open border trade and barter. Foreigners can exchange what they need, and their court can also exchange some items from foreigners, but they need to be careful not to exchange sensitive things such as ironware, and only strictly limit them to daily necessities. Above, the export of special items is prohibited.

There are also security issues. The two races have been jealous and hostile to each other for so many years. It is definitely unrealistic to let them love each other immediately.

Due to the war, there was basically no communication between the two races, so this was a long process.

It would be a very idiotic act to open trade exchanges across the board from the very beginning. They should have negotiated with foreigners to open a pilot site, and after confirming its feasibility, they would consider opening other places.

All aspects are involved in the trade process, which needs to be considered comprehensively.

Of course, the premise of all cooperation is that both parties have the intention to cease fighting.

After an unknown amount of time, a bell was heard.

Ye Junshu realized that it was already noon and it was time for them to eat.

He looked down and saw that he had basically finished writing what he wanted to write, and only waited for the afternoon to transcribe it on the paper.

Ye Junshu carefully pushed aside the test paper and the draft paper full of characters, and then waited for the imperial guards to deliver their lunch.

They couldn't leave their seats for half a step while eating, and soldiers from all directions surrounded them, watching them covetously.

Ye Junshu didn't even dare to cast his eyes randomly, and just lowered his head to stare at his desk, so as not to be misunderstood by others as wanting to peek at other people's answers.

Not long after, a group of eunuchs and imperial guards delivered lunch, two white and fat steamed buns, and a bowl of clear soup.

When it was placed in front of Ye Junshu, it was still warm.

Ye Junshu frowned, finally had a hot meal.

I thought that like other exams, the ones that were sent up were all cold.

Even under the watchful eyes of everyone, Ye Junshu still ate with relish, and thought the steamed buns were delicious, and there was a subtle sweetness when chewing.

Take another sip of soup, this is still a bowl of bone soup, although there are no pig bones, but it is quite fragrant, and the taste is quite good.

It's just that Ye Junshu didn't dare to drink too much.

He was afraid that if he drank too much, he would want to go to the toilet.

Although there is no rule that you can't go to the toilet during the exam, basically no one will really go, unless you really can't help it, otherwise, everyone will hold back.

Think about it, if you go to the bathroom here, there will be at least two imperial guards who will not leave you every step of the way, even if you take off your pants, the other party will stare at you closely, as long as you imagine that scene, Ye Junshu will I think I should drink less water.

After Ye Junshu finished his lunch, eunuchs came to clean up after a while. Ye Junshu glanced casually and found that the candidates around him had already started to answer questions.

It can be seen that everyone's psychological quality is still very strong. At least under so many eyes, they can still keep their minds unmoved by external objects and truly have no distractions.

That's right, candidates who have made it this far all have one thing in common, that is, they don't have stage fright.

After drinking and eating, Ye Junshu continued to do the questions, and wrote down everything he wanted to write.

He glanced over it roughly, and found that his word count was reasonable, not too much, but he still needed to reorganize and polish it before starting to copy.

The cleanliness of the scroll and the beauty and ugliness of the font also greatly affect the impression of the marking staff, so Ye Jun copied the book very carefully.

After he finished copying, there was still a little time before handing in the paper.