Great Tang princess

Chapter 71 The Palace Exam Questions
The next morning, after taking yoga with his two sisters, Li Yuechen had some breakfast and was ready to go.

Today is the day to go to Master Liu Rengui's home for an inspection, so go early and return early.

After coming back to eat at noon, Xiao He came over: "Your Highness, ten court ladies are already waiting outside the palace, do you want to meet?"

"It's gone." Li Yuechen had to go to the production workshop today, so he didn't have time, so he took out a tray from under the table and put it on the table.

On the tray is a small porcelain bottle, which is a moisturizing cream made from the glycerin extracted yesterday, mixed with water and honey.

"Give this to them, and supervise them to apply it on their faces every night before going to bed. After a few days, tell me how you feel."

"Here!" Xiao He agreed, thinking that His Highness probably made something new.

After solving the matter that Li Yuechen explained, he got into the carriage and went to Jixianfang again.

Not only did they take Fulai and Xiaohe with them today, but they also took Shangguan Wan'er with them.

For such a young child, he should go out of the palace to have a look. It is too boring to stay in the palace all day.

After the carriage arrived at Jixianfang, Shangguan Wan'er looked left and right curiously after getting off the carriage.

Surrounded by square walls, there was nothing to see, and her attention was quickly focused on the gate next to it.

"Is this His Highness's production workshop?" Shangguan Wan'er asked.

"En." Li Yuechen nodded, "Come on!"

Entering the house, you can see the workers who are already busy. They are busy in a group, but they are not messy and orderly.

Seeing Li Yuechen coming in, they all stood up and saluted respectfully: "I have seen Her Royal Highness!"

"No courtesy." Li Yuechen waved his hand, "Hurry up and start, you are not familiar with these few days, so you only work in the afternoon, and after a while, you can work for four hours a day."

"Here!"

Li Yuechen's working hours of four hours a day, compared to the 007 system of this era, is already treated like a god, so everyone's promises are particularly sonorous and forceful.

After Shangguan Wan'er came in, she looked around, but she didn't run around, she just followed Li Yuechen quietly, watching her direct these people to work.

If someone forgets the steps, she will not be angry, and will just explain the steps to them kindly.

On the contrary, after she left, Fulai would rush over and curse: "Trash! I can't remember these, how can I be worthy of His Highness's kindness?"

Li Yuechen didn't stop it, because she knew that management was like this. Since she chose to sing a good face, there must be someone who is responsible for singing a bad face.

Originally, she also thought about appointing someone to do this, but Fulai was too winking, and she was already doing it before she even said a word.

No wonder it is said that the boss likes people who have winks and will do things, let alone the question of loyalty or treachery, the key is that this kind of person is really comfortable in doing things!

Although Li Yuechen is kind-hearted, she is not stupid and sweet.Coupled with the fact that he was born in the royal family and listened to politics in the court these years, even if he didn't intend to, he also learned some emperor skills unconsciously.

Although she may not be aware of this problem...

After a busy afternoon, the second batch of soap also entered the mold.

Chunmei also put the extracted glycerin in a porcelain bottle more than ten centimeters high, and handed it to Fulai.

Xiao He next to him looked at the sun that was about to set, and reminded: "Your Highness, it's almost time to return to the palace."

"Ah."

Li Yuechen nodded, turned his head and said to Chunmei: "I have been teaching you for two consecutive days. Tomorrow, you will try it yourself, and I will just watch from the side."

"Here!" Chunmei agreed with a salute.

After getting into the carriage, Fulai and Xiaohe sat near the door, while Li Yuechen and Shangguan Wan'er sat inside.

In fact, Shangguan Wan'er has a quite quiet personality. She basically watched from the sidelines this afternoon, and she didn't seem impatient.

After thinking about it, Li Yuechen still asked, "How do you feel today?"

"It's very interesting." Shangguan Wan'er replied, "I didn't know before, it turns out that oil and water can be stirred continuously to make this soap..."

"Um, that's not water, it's lye..." Li Yuechen originally wanted to explain, but after thinking about it, he shook his head, "Forget it, I'm asking, are you bored?"

Shangguan Wan'er shook her head, hugged her legs and leaned against the car body and replied: "Compared with the palace, there is no obvious difference, but watching His Highness teach them is quite interesting."

"Yeah." Li Yuechen smiled slightly, "Those two Kunlun slaves are clumsy, it's really interesting."

I mean it's interesting to watch His Highness... Shangguan Wan'er added something in her mind, but she didn't say it out loud.

……

The next day Shangguan Wan'er said she didn't need to go, so she waited for her to come back in the palace.

Li Yuechen nodded, and it happened that the two sisters seemed to want to go out to have a look, so Li Yuechen took the two of them there.

She didn't teach today, she just watched from the sidelines, and only when she found out that they did something wrong would she make a sound to remind them.

The two sisters also seemed a little excited when they left the palace for the first time, wandering around the house.

But after watching it for a while, I found it boring, and started chatting with Li Yuechen.

"Chen'er means that the rotation speed of this 'stirrer' can also be calculated?" Princess Xuancheng asked.

"Yeah." Li Yuechen nodded, "Maybe I can't wait, but someone will be able to figure it out in the future!"

Princess Xuancheng thought for a while: "Chen'er said before that as long as everything in this world can be counted, how about this daylight?"

"The same can be counted." Li Yuechen leaned against the wall, "The speed of light is 600,000 miles per breath!"

"One breath is 600,000 miles?" Princess Xuancheng had no idea about such a large number, but she was still curious, "How is this calculated?"

"I don't know how to explain it, but sister just needs to believe me." Li Yuechen said.

"Well, I believe it." Xuancheng nodded.

Princess Yiyang next to her looked up at the dazzling sunlight in the sky, then lowered her head with a smile.

……

Overall these guys did a good job today, all the steps have been memorized.

Two of them didn't remember it, but Chunmei immediately reminded them, and Li Yuechen didn't speak the whole time.

Seeing today's soap being put into the mould, Li Yuechen nodded, it seems that he won't have to come here in a few days.

In the next few days, Li Yuechen came over to take a look. They didn't say a word the whole time. They were able to complete the whole process completely without any mistakes.

Li Yuechen nodded and said that there is no problem, and he can just follow this method in the future.

Before leaving, she beckoned to Chunmei: "From tomorrow onwards, I won't be here all the time. The glycerin produced every day should be stored first, and I will tell you if there is any need."

"Here!"

After finishing everything, Li Yuechen got into the carriage and went back to the palace. From tomorrow onwards, he will be able to return to his daily life.

For this batch of soap, Li Yuechen plans to wait a little longer. After a month, the effect should be better.

Her memory of the soap is rather vague, so she can only go back and look up the records she wrote.

But this time Li Yuechen learned his lesson. Ever since Li Zhi found out about the song "Pity the Nong" she wrote last time, she knew that these things must never be seen.

So when Li Yuechen sorted out his previous memories recently, many things were written in English.

During this period, US imperialism did not yet exist.As for the British Isles, there seems to be a group of Anglo-Saxons?

It is hard to say whether the prototype of English has even appeared.

So at present, in the whole world, only Li Yuechen can understand the things he wrote.

And they will be carefully sorted out on weekdays to minimize the possibility of being discovered by Li Zhi.

After all, people in this day and age are all talkative. If Li Zhi finds out that she is writing these strange words that she can't understand at all, it would be bad if she thinks that she is possessed by something.

……

Time passed day by day, and Dongdu gradually became lively.

The reason is that the imperial examination has started. Currently, the imperial examination is in charge of the Ministry of Finance, and all candidates will be taken to a place like a prison for the examination.

Just wait after the exam, the rankings will be released after the spring plowing in February, which should be the busiest day at the gate of the imperial city.

Those who passed the exam cheered and got to know each other, and then went to Shangshu Province with gifts to visit the prime minister and the chief examiner, which was called "passing the court".

As for those who didn't pass the exam, either go back and prepare to fight again next year, or go home to farm or do business.

There are many examination subjects in the Tang Dynasty. According to different types, they can be roughly divided into Xiucai, Jinshi, Mingjing, Mingfa, Mingshu...

This is what Li Yuechen found out later. It turned out that the "scholars" of this period were the highest-level candidates.

It's just that the difficulty of the scholar's exam is too high, not to mention those who pass the exam, there are only a few who are eligible to participate every year, and most of the time there is none.

Therefore, Jinshi is the most popular in the imperial examination.

She doesn't care much about the imperial examinations. What she cares more about now is that the spring plowing is about to begin, and it's almost time to sow the seeds.

The small piece of land in Anfu Temple has been maintained for a year, and the soil quality is already quite good.It is an exaggeration to say that oil can be squeezed out by grabbing it, but at least it is no different from Shangdaitian.

Li Yuechen didn't know the specific process of sowing and transplanting rice seedlings, so he directly sent people to the household department to call in professionals to do the work.

The only trouble is that every time these people come over, they must be followed by a large number of court ladies and eunuchs to monitor them.

It doesn't matter to Li Yuechen, she doesn't have social fear, at worst it's just troublesome.

As for Shangguan Wan'er, she grew up in Yeting Palace and is not afraid of strangers.

On the contrary, the two elder sisters, because they have never been in contact with the situation outside the palace since they were young, they are embarrassed to go out every time when so many people come suddenly.

At first, these people were a little afraid of Her Royal Highness with a ponytail, and they answered all questions in a cautious manner.

After a while, he dared to answer in a normal tone.

After all, although they are strictly officials, they are technical officials in essence. Many people don't even know what the Minister of the Household looks like, let alone the emperor.

Now it's normal to be uncomfortable talking to the princess face to face.

Li Yuechen didn't care about these, as long as they could do the job well.

With so many outsiders entering and leaving the harem every day, Wu Zetian felt it was inappropriate.

But Li Zhi said that it was for his daughter to study and increase production, and if it really happened, it would not be a big deal.

Wu Zetian didn't say much, but asked Zhang Chengxin to send someone to look after them.

……

During the period when Li Yuechen was busy, the imperial examinations were also released.

On the day when the list was released, the outside of the imperial city was already crowded with onlookers. People who seldom step across the Tianjin Bridge were waiting outside the imperial city early today to watch the excitement.

Standing in the front row, they are of different ages. Some of them clenched their fists nervously, some looked left and right, and some scratched their heads...

Li Yuechen, who was standing on the tower and brought Shangguan Wan'er to watch secretly, could understand their behavior.

After all, this is an imperial examination. If you pass the exam, it is really tantamount to realizing a counterattack in life.

After a while, the official in charge of publishing the list came out from the gate of the imperial city. Under the protection of several soldiers, he went to the wall on the right side of the gate. Someone next to him took paste and began to paint on the wall. The official opened the paper in his hand. The volume began to post the list.

After posting it, he turned around and announced in a loud voice: "The sage's oral order, the Jinshi, enter the palace to have an audience!"

After speaking, he took two steps back to make way, and stood aside.Only two soldiers stood by the side of the table to maintain order.

Those people at the front stepped forward to check.

After a while, only a cheer sounded: "I've won!"

In the crowd, I saw a young man in his thirties jumping up and down twice, and then quickly walked to the official who had just posted the list to salute.

The official returned a salute: "Be safe and don't be impatient, wait for the other high school students to arrive in a while, and come with me to the palace to have an audience."

From time to time, there will be cheers from the crowd, but most of them still contain disappointed sighs.

This year, there were nearly thirty high school students, and they all arrived in a short while. After saluting with the officials in charge of welcoming them, they entered the palace to meet the emperor.

Li Yuechen on the city tower asked Shangguan Wan'er to go back first, while he ran to the back of the Qianyuan Hall and slipped in, wanting to see what the emperor would say to these people.

The emperor rarely met Jinshi, because although they had passed the exam, they could not be granted official positions immediately, and they still had to go through several years of training and waiting.

Of course, it is not impossible to become an official if you want to, as long as you can pass the assessment of the Ministry of Officials again, you can become an official immediately.

It's a pity that few people can pass the difficult exam.

Coming behind the screen, Li Yuechen was listening to the news as usual, leaning against the wall with his arms folded in front of his chest, intending to listen to what the emperor would ask.

When Jinshi entered the hall, they first saluted the emperor and shouted long live.

Li Zhi raised his hand to avoid the courtesy, papers and pens had been prepared in the main hall, and Jinshi sat down in front of the table, picked up pens and prepared to answer the emperor's policy questions.

From the slightly trembling hands, it could be felt that they were still a little nervous.

The Jinshi below are waiting for the emperor's question.

Li Zhi on the dragon chair swung his eyes from side to side, scanning all the people in the hall, and then looked at his little daughter behind the screen.

Stopping the health ball in his hand, Li Zhi said slowly: "Today, I only have one question. If a woman is talented, can she serve as a general in the army or an official in the court?"

　According to the information found by the author, the palace examination already existed during the Li Zhi period, but whether or not the palace examination at this time mainly depends on the emperor's mood, which is uncertain.It was not until Wu Zetian's period that the palace examination really became a fixed system.

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