The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1752 Palace Exam
This time His Majesty Li Er summoned Xuan Shijing, and he was only expressing some obscure meaning to Xuan Shijing, or in other words, not only expressing such a meaning to Xuan Shijing, but the few deep-seated people in the three provinces The important officials who are trusted by His Majesty Li Er should have met His Majesty Li Er, and His Majesty Li Er's meaning should have been told to them.

After leaving His Majesty Li Er's bedroom, Xuan Shijing carefully pondered what His Majesty Li Er said.

The more you think about it, the more complicated it becomes.

Perhaps once this battle is over, Datang will really change.

Not to mention what His Majesty Li Er expressed about Xuan Shijing and several ministers in the palace. After Xuan Shijing lived in Chang'an City for two days, the palace examination supervised by Li Chengqian in the palace will also be held.

Zhuangzi's students who were selected as Scholars had already packed their bags and arrived at Chang'an City one day in advance to wait. They stayed in the inn in Chang'an City at night, and boarded Gu Hao's carriage early in the morning. I walked through the small half of Chang'an City, passing through Daningfang and Changlefang, and arrived at Danfeng Gate in the north of Chang'an City.

Pass through the Danfeng Gate and enter the Daming Palace.

The more than 40 people who have won Jinshi, some of whose parents are officials, and some of their relatives are officials, but these more than 40 people are all entering the Daming Palace for the first time. Shocked by the Five Gates, after passing through the Danfeng Gate and seeing the majestic and majestic palace among the towering palace walls, my heart was even more agitated.

The location of the palace examination was held in the Hanyuan Hall, the largest palace in the entire Daming Palace. For today's palace examination, the early court ended early. After the early court ended, the eunuchs in the Hanyuan Palace tidied up the palace. Then the soft couch and book table were moved in and arranged properly.

The topic of the exam was given by Li Chengqian. After the date of the exam was set, Li Chengqian figured out the topic of the palace exam. Two days before the exam, he planned the topic, packaged it, and put it in the Xuanzheng Palace.

Now Li Chengqian has been living in the Xuanzheng Palace. If the test questions can still be leaked under such circumstances, many people in the palace may die again. Moreover, there is no way to get the test questions under Li Chengqian's nose. So simple.

After the candidates entered the Daming Palace, they were led by the guards in the palace to the outside of the Hanyuan Hall, and then the eunuchs waiting at the bottom of the steps led them up the steps from Longwei Road on one side and circled half a circle. Come to the gate of Hanyuan Hall.

Then he waited at the gate of the hall.

Li Chengqian was already sitting firmly in the Hanyuan Hall.

After a while, the bell in the palace rang, and the eunuchs outside the Hanyuan Hall led the Jinshi into the Hanyuan Hall.

The candidates' seats are randomly arranged, and the eunuchs in the temple will take them to the corresponding seats after seeing the candidates' name tags.

There are only more than 40 Jinshi candidates, not many people, and the Hanyuan Hall is big enough, so big that it is already a little empty. More than 40 books and cases are neatly arranged in the hall, and the distance between them is not too close.

You must know that the Hanyuan Hall is a palace that can accommodate thousands of people when the Great Court Meeting is held in the first month.

"Students, bye."

After the examinee found his seat, he couldn't just sit down casually. Li Chengqian was still at the top. After all, he was the crown prince and the invigilator. The etiquette had to be completed before the exam could start.

As the eunuch Lin'an beside Li Chengqian sang loudly, many candidates bowed their hands and saluted.

"Sit down." Li Chengqian glanced at the examinees in the hall and said aloud.

"After the ceremony, sit down."

Only then can candidates sit in their seats.

"Distribute the test questions." Li Chengqian ordered.

"No." Lin'an responded, and then signaled to the servants on both sides to hand out the copied papers with exam questions one by one to the candidates' desks. The candidates need to answer the questions on these papers, and the time is only one and a half hour.

That is to say, Li Chengqian will sit here, or stand, or walk around, for three hours.

Right now, Xuan Shijing is in the engineering college, and Li Tai is also in the engineering college. The two of them have been in the engineering college for the past two days, watching the people in the college make movable type printing.

The easiest way is to use pottery clay to fire the first set to see the effect. After accumulating enough experience, Xuan Shijing proposed to change the material.

For example, lead.

It is very simple to use clay, but it is not a little bit more technically difficult to use lead, but there is no doubt that the movable type made of lead is better than that made of clay, and the printed characters are also more accurate. Clear, clear enough to move people.

"Obviously, although lead type is troublesome to make, it is more durable than clay-fired characters, with high production cost and low replacement rate." Li Tai said looking at the clay characters and lead type samples on the table.

"I'm more inclined to print." Xuan Shijing said: "The square ones are more neat than those fired from clay. If they are printed into books, the effect can be seen." Xuan Shijing said: "In the past The engraving block is made of wood, and wood is used as a material, so you can also try it.”

Li Tai nodded, clay firing is the cheapest, and wood carving is medium, the best quality lead type, the most expensive, but also the most durable.

"In this case, what kind of traps are used to print books depends on those printers." Li Tai said: "In the end, the price also depends on them."

"As for lead type, the academy can make a few sets. Anyway, His Royal Highness has specially allocated money, and one set will be sent to the palace. Isn't there a special place for printing books in the palace?" Xuan Shijing said: "In In this regard, the palace can contribute some efforts, and the other set will be left in the Engineering College. As for the rest, His Royal Highness King Wei, is there any interest in opening a printing workshop?"

"You mean to let me come?" Li Tai asked, pointing at himself.

Xuan Shijing nodded: "Yes, there is money to be made, and it is also a good thing for the court. Otherwise, why do you think His Royal Highness is so concerned about this matter?"

"Why me?" Li Tai asked with a helpless smile.

Li Tai could also guess what was caused by movable type printing. As for why he was the candidate, Li Tai felt that he was sitting in the palace well, but in the end he was thrown on his back with a big pot.

"Who told you to have a literary museum in your house?" Xuan Shijing said, "But I also know the bad things about this matter. The aristocratic families are going to make trouble. I guess apart from the crown prince in the court, you will be the one who will bear the brunt of it next." This is the prince who assists."

"Well, even if I don't take over the matter of movable type printing, the benefits will fall into the hands of others, and this thing was produced by the academy, so I can't hide it anyway. This benefit will be taken into my own pocket." Li Tai said.

(End of this chapter)