I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Chapter 214 Dahan's First Imperial Examination (for Subscription)

Mingguang Palace is in the northeast of Chang'an City, and it is about the same size as Weiyang Palace.

25 years ago, Emperor Xiaowu built the Mingguang Palace in order to seek immortality, and selected 2000 beauties from Yanzhao to fill it.

Today, the beauties of those days are gone, and Emperor Xiaowu has even died in Maoling.

The peerless style of Mingguang Palace has disappeared, leaving only the increasingly dilapidated palace and palace people wandering under the palace wall.

Like Weiyang Palace, Mingguang Palace is also built on a high platform.

Under the steps of the main hall, there is an open space, which is more than enough to accommodate more than a thousand people.

This open space was originally used by Emperor Xiaowu to pay tribute to the gods, but now it is used as a temporary examination institute, and it is very appropriate for Lang Guan who takes the imperial examination to take the examination here.

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Today, in order to make the Han Dynasty’s first imperial examination more powerful, Liu He has to invigilate the examination in person. Not only that, he also issued an edict to let the three lords, nine ministers and doctors all come to Mingguang Palace to witness the great Han court and the literary world. A grand event.

A grand event in the literary world of the Han Dynasty - this is the word that Liu He personally decided, and Zhang Anshi and Bingji thought it was quite appropriate.

Although Liu He was very concerned about the imperial examination, Huo Guang didn't really care much about it.

During the ten days of preparing for the imperial examination, the small court meetings were held several times in a row. During these small court meetings, Liu He didn't say much, and kept silent with great restraint.

All matters should be reported by Zhang Anshi and Bingji at the court meeting.

Liu He originally thought that Huo Guang would intervene more or less, but he did not expect the latter's unexpected cooperation and silence.

Except for the business-like order that all the details should be thought out, there is not much intervention.

Every time there is a small court meeting, the time left to discuss the imperial examination is only a quarter of an hour or two.

The rest of the time is still used to discuss "major events" such as military affairs, persuading farmers and mulberry farmers, tax collection, money and grain allocation, and cargo distribution.

At first, Liu He thought that Huo Guang was trying to seduce him, and wanted to play tricks on Chen Cang secretly.

But Huo Guang's attitude was always indifferent.

This made Liu He understand that Huo Guang totally despises these vacant doctors.

So I don't care much.

In this way, Liu He was relieved.

As long as the imperial examination goes well this time, he can take advantage of the opportunity to promote it in all subjects of the examination system.

At that time, Huo Guang couldn't stop it if he wanted to.

……

The emperor's chariot set off from Weiyang Palace before noon, and it took about half an hour to arrive at Mingguang Palace.

At this time, it was almost mid-August, and the weather was no longer as hot as before, so the official start time of the imperial examination was set at noon.

When Liu He left the palace, he deliberately slowed down, so when he came to Mingguang Palace, Sangong Jiuqing and various doctoral officers had already arrived in advance.

Letting subordinates wait patiently is a small way to control people's hearts.

Shouting and embracing, Liu He came to the steps of the main hall of Mingguang Palace. The Sangong Jiuqing and several doctoral officers were already arranged on both sides according to their ranks.

Standing here, one can see the open space under the steps two or three feet high. At this time, the couches and desks have been neatly filled, but the officials have not been let in yet, so there is no one there.

The open space was surrounded into a huge courtyard, and no idlers could be allowed in before the exam started—all the officials waiting for the exam were waiting outside the courtyard wall on that side.

Looking from where Liu He was, all he could see was a dense mass of human heads—their faces couldn't be seen clearly at all.

With so many people, Liu He only knew a few people whom he had promoted to study with him before—because of the busy government affairs, there were actually not many opportunities to meet them.

As for the others, I don't know them at all.

If there is no examination, relying on artificial recommendation alone, it is unknown how many thousand-mile horses will be buried, let alone how many inferior horses will be mixed in.

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After meeting the ceremony between the monarch and his ministers, Liu He calmly sat on the imperial couch, and the rest of the people also took their seats one after another.

"Father Zhong, looking at the scene here, is it still a grand occasion?"

"Your Majesty came up with a solution for this matter, so it's not bad." Huo Guang praised without hesitation, but he felt a little disdainful in his heart.

The emperor seems to be a little too naive. Could it be possible to select talents by taking an imperial examination?

However, since the emperor wants to do it, then let's do it. Doctor with a miscellaneous name is not an important official position, let alone let himself decide the candidate in the end.

Let's take a look first, if it is useful, it can naturally be promoted; if it is useless, it doesn't hurt.

In short, Huo Guang himself will not be harmed.

"Father Zhong, it's almost time to start the exam, can you let Zhang Anshi and Bingji decide?"

Liu He already had some prestige in the court, if Huo Guang disappeared in place, then Liu He would naturally say the same thing, but now Liu He still wants to give Zhongfu more face no matter the big or small things.

"Your Majesty can make a decision. I don't know much about the imperial examination, so I won't say much."

Liu He couldn't wish for it. Every time he gave orders in front of the courtiers, it was an opportunity for Liu He to accumulate prestige.

Habits became natural, and when the courtiers listened to Liu He's orders too much, they would naturally start thinking about who was the real master of the big man.

"Zhang Anshi, Bingji!"

"Weichen is here!" The two immediately got up from the couch and walked in front of them.

"The time has come, don't worry about me and Father Zhong, you can make your own decisions."

"promise!"

After the two answered, they saluted again, and then they performed their duties step by step.

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When there was still a quarter of an hour before noon, the four big drums on the high platform beat three times.

Bingji came to the steps of the high platform and shouted: "Open the door, Lang Guan enters!"

The audience around followed suit one by one, and passed on Bingji's order.

Not long after, several courtyard doors on the south courtyard wall were opened, and those anxious officials rushed into the examination courtyard impatiently.

Since it was the first time that so many Langguans were gathered together, and the gates of the courtyard were not wide enough, a little confusion suddenly appeared-many Langguans were pushed down by more impatient people behind, and even more people are hesitant.

When Liu He was worried about the stampede, the pavilions arranged around in advance rushed over, pulled up the fallen officials, and began to maintain order.

After a while, everything finally returned to smooth, and the officials began to enter and take their seats in an orderly manner.

"Zhang Qing, how many people took the imperial examination this time?"

This imperial examination is not compulsory, so Liu He does not know the exact number of people.

"There are a total of one thousand and three people, accounting for more than [-]% of Lang Guan."

"I see that Lang Guan can take his own seat after entering the arena. How did you manage to do this?"

(End of this chapter)