After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 177 Come up with a countermeasure

"Besides, the exam questions were prepared by Liu Bowen and Gao Qi. We didn't participate or read them, so we can't help you cheat. How far you can get in the exam depends on your personal ability."

"Please wait and see." Zhu Yingrao was full of confidence.

……

Liu Bowen House.

Liu Bowen, Gao Qi, Song Lian, the three gathered together.

The three of them are a group, representing Qingliu civil servants.

If it wasn't for the emperor's rebuke just now, Liu Bowen still wanted to bring Luo Guanzhong and Shi Naian to discuss it together.

"Brother Bowen, Brother Ji Di, congratulations to the two of them being valued by the emperor and being the chief and deputy chief examiners of the Southwest Enke." Song Lian first handed over his hands and congratulated them.

"Happy and happy together." Liu Bowen said.

"The most feared thing in the scientific examinations of all dynasties is the occurrence of favoritism and fraud." Song Lian said, "The two dear brothers will be the examiners for the first time, so you must pay attention to this aspect. Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong are all watching."

"If something went wrong and they were robbed of their positions, all the students in the southwest would become their disciples. And the reason why the emperor chose the two of them was also out of this consideration."

"If there really is a problem, the emperor will be more than angry."

"We naturally know this." Liu Bowen said, "There have been many cases of fraud in the imperial examinations in the past dynasties. Because the interests are too great, even some princes will be involved."

"But this time, you don't have to worry about it at all." Gao Qi said, "In the imperial examinations of the past dynasties, the emperors issued the questions a few days in advance, sealed them in a gold box, and then the examiners opened them in public at the Gongyuan site."

"During this period of time, there is an opportunity for fraud."

"And this scientific examination is our question, and it is on the spot, there is absolutely no possibility of favoritism."

"The only thing that worries us is another thing." Liu Bowen frowned, "The emperor wants Princess Ning Guo to participate in the scientific examination, and he has to enter the examination room openly."

"What specific method should be used so that the students will not object. I have yet to come up with a good method."

"The emperor wants Princess Ning Guo to participate in the scientific examination, and also enter the examination room openly?" Song Lian was also surprised, "This is something that has never happened in ancient times."

"It's true that it has never happened." Gao Qi said, "But the emperor has already decreed that I must come up with a good solution as soon as possible."

"Otherwise, our two examiners and deputy examiners will be lost."

"It's really hard to do." Song Lian said, "It's not that simple to break thousands of years of rules."

"Moreover, the examination will be held for three days, and the candidates will have to eat and drink in it. Just imagine, there are men around, and only one woman is in the middle. How to solve the daily work and rest?"

"Also, the reference is still the princess. If we don't do well, we will be suspected of blaspheming the royal family."

After speaking, the three fell silent and began to think about countermeasures.

These three are also wise people, not pedantic people who can only read dead books.Liu Bowen organized Xiang Yong to fight against the rebels, and he even won, which means that he still knows a little bit about fighting.

"Yes." Suddenly, Liu Bowen's eyes lit up, and he had already come up with a countermeasure.

……

This afternoon.

At the gate of the Gongyuan, a notice was posted with great fanfare: The emperor attaches great importance to this Southwest Enke, and in order to show kindness to the students of the vast number of students, he specially dispatched Princess Ningguo to come to participate in the scientific examination with the students of the Southwest.

In addition, the examination room in the Gongyuan has also undergone a small-scale renovation without stopping.

The original three candidate positions were merged into a single room, and the decoration was also very luxurious, and a separate toilet was also set up inside.

The news that the princess mainly referred to spread like wildfire.

It quickly spread among the students.

"If a woman wants to take a scientific exam, isn't it polluting the sacred exam room?" said a southwestern student. "It's okay not to take such an exam."

"That's right, we can't take exams with women, it's a blasphemy to Confucius." Another student said.

"How dare you look down on Princess Ning Guo?" said the person next to her.

"Even if she is a noble princess, she can't break the rules that have been passed down for thousands of years in the examination room of Gongyuan." The man said just now.

"You are wrong about this." At this time, a Confucian scholar with a big waist and a round waist stood out of the crowd with a folding fan in his hand and said, "Do you really think that Princess Ning Guo entered the examination room to really take part in the scientific examination?"

"She is a princess, rich and noble, and is it necessary to compete with us for a jinshi title?"

"The princess didn't come to participate in the scientific examination, so what did she come to do?" someone in the crowd asked.

"Are you all stupid?" The fat scholar said with disdain, "Didn't the notice say that the emperor let Princess Ning Guo enter the examination room for the sake of showing kindness to the southwest."

"Obviously, Princess Ning Guo came in person to select a scholar who is both talented and handsome among this group of students."

"What do you mean, the princess is actually here to choose a concubine?" The crowd immediately understood and became ecstatic.

"However, if that's the case, why wasn't she selected among those in the exam?" Another question was raised.

"You don't understand that, do you?" said the fat Confucian scholar. "There are only more than 1000 examinees this time, and many of them are old men, such as Shi Gong. Young talents with good looks and good knowledge are rare. Not necessarily."

"When the princess chooses her consort, her ability to learn is secondary. The key is that she can see it well."

"Previously, the emperor implemented the gentry as a gentry in the southwest to pay food together, which led to the separation of the hearts of the students in the southwest. So the emperor wanted to show mercy to the southwest this time, and asked the princess to choose one of the students in the southwest, so she came to see the people in person."

"In addition, in this scientific examination, there are two bachelors, Luo Guanzhong and Shi Naian, and their student Li Zian. They will definitely win the first prize and the second place. Princess Ning Guo can't choose Luo Guanzhong and Shi Naian, and Li Zian has already With a poor family wife."

"Princess can no longer be chosen among the top three, so I simply choose the one who can fall in love at first sight."

"So that's how it is!" The crowd heard it and suddenly realized, "In other words, when the princess chooses her husband this time, looks are the most important."

"I haven't got a wife yet, if I can be attracted to Princess Ning Guo..." After thinking about this, a student suddenly drooled from the corner of his mouth.

"I'm Wang Kai of Dujiangyan, although I haven't read the Four Books and Five Classics, I'm considered a talent." A student took out a bronze mirror.

"I heard that Princess Ning's national beauty is beautiful, and she is a rare beauty in the world. And once she becomes a concubine, she becomes a royal family member!" Another student said excitedly.

"good."

"good."

The students spoke in succession.

"It's just..." At this time, another candidate raised a question. "The Gongyuan examination room is a place full of scholars' arrogance. Princess Ningguo, a woman, goes in to choose a concubine, will it destroy the arrogance inside?"

(End of this chapter)