Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 529 Ce Question
It's sunny.

The clouds are light.

Over the Forbidden City, the morning sun is dazzling, birds flying from time to time make chirping sounds, and the cool breeze blows, making people feel relaxed and happy.

Every time a breeze blows, flags everywhere flutter.

Huangjimen.

Surrounded by a crowd of people, Zhu Youxiao, who was wearing the emperor's uniform, sat on the throne that represented the supreme imperial power. Through the swaying twelve crown beads, he saw the crowd gathered in front of him.

Zhu Youjian, Zhu Shihong and other people stood under the command of Dan.

They came to Huangjimen together to witness this extraordinary palace examination. After seeing this, all the civil and military officials gathered at Huangjimen had different thoughts.

"The Emperor has arrived, kneel down!!"

However, on such a special occasion, not many people were given a chance to think. A loud voice was heard, and the sound echoed around the Huangji Gate.

Armored warriors lined up in various places, together with some eunuchs and eunuchs of the inner court, started singing one after another, which made the sound louder here.

The atmosphere suddenly became solemn.

The civil and military officials gathered outside the Huangji Gate, together with the new tributes who participated in this year's palace examination, were in different positions, but making the same movements.

Close your hands, raise them high, press them to the ground, and then bend your knees...

There were so many people gathered here, but they didn’t make any sudden noises. The visual impact of the whole scene was extremely great!
Especially for this year's newly promoted Gongshi, before taking part in this palace examination, the Department of Etiquette specially allocated people to teach them the corresponding etiquette.

As a symbol of the Ming Dynasty's talent promotion ceremony, no mistakes can be made in any link. As the only political power that aspires to dominate China, etiquette is the best expression of rule.

The ritual of five bows and three kowtows was the highest etiquette of the Ming Dynasty. It was a must-have etiquette for worshiping heaven and meeting the emperor!
This is by no means as simple as kneeling or knocking your head!
The civilization cultivated in this land of China is not that superficial!
This ritual is divided into two parts. The first part consists of bowing the hands and bowing the head four times, and the latter part consists of bowing the hands and bowing the head three times.

Etiquette and rules are the root of inheritance, and they are by no means dregs. Anyone who questions etiquette and rules has a dirty mind.

Because they want to destroy China’s faith!
Etiquette and rules are connected to our ancestors and descendants. Their existence is to tell us where we come from and what magnificent things our ancestors have done!
"prosper!!"

Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the throne, looked around at the crowd of people surging in front of him through the twelve crown pearls shaking in front of his eyes, his eyes shining with light!

Deep in his heart, an idea was extremely strong.

He absolutely cannot accept that the inheritance of Chinese civilization will be ruined!
He will lead Ming Dynasty on a new journey!
He wants to spread Chinese civilization to every land!

"kneel!!"

Singing sounds sounded outside the Huangji Gate, and the crowd might be mixed, but everyone performed the same ritual. They faced the same direction, bowed, and bowed down...

Ming Dynasty may have the heart to accommodate emerging things, but this does not mean that anything can be integrated into Ming Dynasty's soul, because they are not worthy! !
slap~
slap~
As several whips sounded, echoing around the Huangji Gate, cabinet scholar Sun Chengzong appeared at his rightful place holding an imperial edict.

"The emperor was entrusted with the destiny of heaven, and the edict said: I inherit the great treasure, and now..."

An imperial edict aimed at the imperial examinations, newly promoted tributes, and scholars all over the world was recited by Sun Chengzong and sung by the imperial guards and eunuchs in order to demonstrate Zhu Youxiao's emphasis on the imperial examinations.

With the development of the imperial examination, there has been a complete set of etiquette procedures, all of which are to highlight the importance of the imperial examination.

Just like this imperial edict read out before the imperial examination, it was drafted by the cabinet and submitted to the imperial court for review. However, the emperor only had to say what details needed to be changed, and a dedicated person would consider and revise it.

When Zhu Guozuo, Qian Qianyi, Sun Ruyou, Bi Ziyan, Wang Xiangqian and other ministers standing in the courtroom heard this imperial edict, some of them were shocked, especially those in the cabinet, because this was similar to the imperial edict. There is a big gap in the content they drafted.

The ministers of the South Study Room, headed by Dong Yingju, who were standing in one place, showed complicated expressions at this moment, because this palace examination will be very different!
"The imperial examination begins!"

In such a complicated atmosphere, when Sun Chengzong finished reading the imperial edict, Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the throne, spoke loudly and energetically.

It wasn't until this moment that the palace examination in Tianqi's second year officially began.

A group of newly promoted tributes gathered at the Huangji Gate, led by the officials, began to disperse towards the place where the desks were placed. Originally, this palace examination should be held in the Huangji Palace, but the one during the Wanli Period Due to the fire, the three main halls have not been repaired yet, but Zhu Youxiao still deliberately chose to hold the meeting at Huangjimen! Everything has a meaning.

Zhu Youxiao has been trying to build the three destroyed halls until now, but they will definitely be built in the future, and they will be even more grand.

But now is not the time to repair. Even since Zhu Youxiao came to the throne, many memorials such as rebuilding the three main halls have been submitted to the emperor, but Zhu Youxiao has ignored them all.

To build the three main halls, one must clearly distinguish the time!
"Brother Cha, I want to relieve myself~"

When all the newly promoted tributes were seated, His Majesty Dan, Zhu Shugui, who was wearing the corresponding military uniform, stood there awkwardly and whispered to Zhu Youjian in front of him.

"..."

Zhu Youjian, who was observing the newly promoted tribute ministers in front of him through the nine-crown pearls shaking in front of his eyes, twitched the corners of his mouth when he heard Zhu Shugui's voice.

What an occasion is this!

How could such a thing happen?

"Can't you bear it?"

While Zhu Youjian was thinking, Zhu Youdong, who was standing nearby, frowned and looked at Zhu Shugui and said, "The imperial examination has just begun."

"I don't want to either."

Zhu Shugui was a little anxious and whispered: "But I..."

"Your Highness, please come with me."

At this moment, they saw an eunuch walking towards him with his head lowered. This made Zhu Youjian and the others stunned. Zhu Shugui even turned his head and looked at the emperor sitting on the throne.

But at this moment, Zhu Youxiao was looking straight ahead.

As the newly promoted tributes sat down and the corresponding paper and pen and ink were distributed, the palace exam questions were distributed. However, the reference tributes did not move at this moment. They were waiting for the officials to tear off the yellow papers. seal up.

"This question is wrong!"

While everything was proceeding in an orderly manner, the cabinet ministers also received a letter asking for examination questions. As escorts to participate in the palace examination, they were qualified to read the examination questions.

But when he saw the test questions, Qian Qianyi couldn't help but exclaimed.

This is completely different from the test questions drafted by Yuji.

"Abolition of official malpractice"

"Concerns and Innovations in the Currency System"

"River Defense Strategy"

"Reorganize the camp"

"Countermeasures against Border Troubles"

“The root and harm of land annexation”

After skipping the embellishments and seeing the key points to be tested in the policy question, none of the cabinet ministers who had participated in the palace examination in the past were not shocked.

None of the points mentioned above are simple!

The key is to mix topics related to state governance, economics and finance, military strategy, etc. within one day. The format must be regular and there should be no flaws. This is important for those who have not yet entered the official career. It is really difficult for new Gongshi! !

(End of this chapter)