Cultivation of immortals begins with the appearance of ancestors

Chapter 154 Ask the Emperor

Led by several Taichang Temple and Yushitai officials, [-] Gongsheng students filed into Chengtian Hall.

This is a magnificent and majestic palace, with dragons and jade pillars standing one by one, surrounded by carved dragons and painted phoenixes, showing the majesty of the imperial court.

After entering this place, Zhang Jian's face changed slightly. The Chide Zhenwang's fate in his body was hidden in the fate column, and the mimic jade pendant transformed into the fate of a great Confucian, resisting the penetration and suppression of the strong dragon and tiger spirit of the imperial court.

Zhang Jian's expression remained unchanged.

He noticed that the Chengtian Hall was filled with more than two hundred cases.

There is a small wooden sign on each table.

On the wooden sign is the name of a candidate.

His eyes were extremely sharp, and he saw at a glance that there were twenty-three rows in total, with twelve people in each of the twenty-two rows in the front and nine people in the last row.

"Go to your seats, don't make loud noises and whisper to each other!"

As the chief examiner of the Ministry of Rites Examination, Zhuang Ying, the official censor, still had a solemn face, but his words were extremely majestic.

All the people heard the words and quickly entered their seats one by one.

Zhang Jian's seat is the first on the right in the first row.

A row of twelve digits is divided into six on the left and six on the right, with odd numbers on the left and even numbers on the right, arranged from the center outwards.

In the center is the bright dragon chair in front of the golden steps.

Wang Qingzhou and Zhang Jian sat on both sides of the aisle in the middle, facing the emperor directly.

Zhang Jian had already seen Wang Qingzhou's nose sweating not far away, and took several deep breaths to calm himself down.

His expression didn't change.

There is indeed a golden house in the book. If you have more knowledge and see through the essence of things, naturally you will not have too much awe, but more rational curiosity.

At this moment, he seemed to feel a mighty divine power approaching from one side in front of Chengtian Hall, and that mighty divine power was in his divine sense, as if all the power of the community was gathered in the hands of one person, and he was the permanent resident of the world. The power of the boundless world circulates, and the spirit of the dragon and the tiger makes way for it.

I saw a figure wearing Xuanhei emperor's robe walking in from the side hall.

Daqian 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 sky crown, the young emperor is serious, but his eyes are swept away by the many tribute students. With a glance, especially the leaders Wang Qingzhou, Zhang Jian, and Peng Yuanshou took a few glances, then slowly withdrew their gazes, indicating that Zhuang Ying next to them could start.

Zhuang Ying was dressed in a purple official uniform with a stern face. Beside him were several officials in purple or even red robes.

Zhang Jian guessed that it might be an important minister of the court, a part of the Sangong Jiuqing.

I just don't know which one is the prime minister and which one is the Taiwei.

Zhuang Ying said lightly.

"Your Majesty has ordered that the Palace Examination Ceremony in the spring of the sixth year of Jingwu has officially begun, and all officials are requested to distribute the palace examination papers!

All tribute students, please finish writing the exam questions within three hours. You must concentrate on it, do not whisper, and do not peek at other people's exam questions. Those who violate the law will be dragged out of Chengtian Temple, dismissed from their merits, and will never be hired! "

Three hours is six hours.

The six hours of the palace test is not too long, but it is not too short either.

If there are special exam questions, the palace exam may be extended.

Before the case, Zhang Jian was sitting upright with his lapel folded, not squinting.

He is naturally very familiar with interview etiquette.

Of course, etiquette in the palace examination is one aspect, and the most important thing is to look at the real evidence in hand.

It's just that Zhang Jian was a little strange when he took the exam questions.

"Ask the emperor's politics and the emperor's heart?"

His eyes fluttered, and he didn't start writing right away. In fact, these kinds of questions were more about the emotional intelligence of the courtiers.

He has a lot of potential in his mind.

Some of the information about Emperor Jingwu that he had collected in the past few days came in handy at this time.

It's just a pity that he didn't have a clear grasp of Emperor Jingwu.

But more or less there is still a little basis, which is much better than most people relying purely on guesswork.

Emperor Jingwu succeeded to the throne as a young man, watched his actions, formed a new army, and appointed clean and honest ministers to clean up the place and get rid of the malpractice.

Of course, this is temporary.

How many emperors were full of energy when they were young, but when they got old, they started to show off.

It is definitely more difficult to cater to this kind of hard-working faction than those emperors who are very happy.

Zhang Jian could write an article that would impress the emperor and even many important court officials, but he felt that it would be too overkill to take out Wang Zha in a simple palace examination.

Don't be too pragmatic when it's time to brag.

Just add a little dry stuff in it.

After pondering for a moment, Zhang Jian then drew up his pen: "I am right: I heard that when the emperor comes to Yu Yu Nei, there must be a manager's real government, and then he can restrain the crowd. There are many intricate mechanisms, and there must be a rule that leads to Xiangyuan; there must be advocacy." If you have a solid heart, then you can strengthen all kinds of craftsmen, revitalize common affairs, have the principle of achieving prosperity, set up disciplines, and order laws..."

Eloquently written, in fact, his proposition is to improve the administration of officials and prosper the country.

This is actually repeating the same old tune, but in the palace examination questions in front of you, the intention is superior.

Zhang Jian eloquently wrote down many ways to reform the administration of officials, but most of them were superficial talks, and stopped abruptly at the right time when he ensured that he could tickle the emperor's itch.

If you talk too much, you will inevitably offend some important court officials, which is unwise.

If there is less talk, Emperor Jingwu may think that his words are convincing, but in fact they are fake. Zhang Jian needs to give Emperor Jingwu the idea that I have dry goods, but I can only talk to you alone.

This kind of method may be nothing to many important officials of the court, but in front of a group of tribute students who have not yet stepped into the officialdom, it is definitely much better than chickens pecking each other.

Of course, in this process, he must not just write some practical articles in a dry manner, and when it is time to praise my master for his wisdom, he must not skip it.

However, it would be too blatant to praise the emperor alone.

In the article, Zhang Jian turned around and praised Gaozu's rule and Taizu's rule of the world without any trace.

Then he made his own point of view.

An article is eloquent with nearly a thousand words, and Zhang Jian instilled righteousness by the way. In the eyes of several Taoist priests in the hall, the righteousness went straight to the hall, and the bright thoughts were brilliant. One of them was wearing a Wuji Taoist robe, Gao Guanbo's figure couldn't help but stepped forward to check Zhang Jian's original volume.

However, just looking at it, the Taoist couldn't help raising his eyebrows, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he quickly retreated to the original place.

It's still a pair of eyes, nose, nose and heart, and the appearance of not being interested in anything.

"Master Jingming, what happened?"

When Emperor Jingwu saw this, he couldn't help asking his companion. It was an old eunuch with slender eyebrows. When he heard this, his eyes moved, and he whispered something in Emperor Jingwu's ear, which immediately aroused Emperor Jingwu's curiosity. Immediately, he also stepped down from Majesty Dan and walked to Zhang Jian's side.

(End of this chapter)