Chapter 2150 Number One Scholar and Marriage Grant [2]

But the test questions have already been published. If the court officials want to change them, how will the tributes participating in the palace examination think about it?

No way, this is the only way.

The tributes were stunned for a moment, came to their senses, and began to think about how to solve the problem. However, the more they looked at it, the more they felt that the problem had no solution.

Emperor Jingyuan looked at the tributes in the palace and sneered in his heart. He didn't know how to solve the problem, or he didn't dare to solve it?

Emperor Jingyuan would not coddle them and said directly: "Today's palace examination will last an hour."

The chief eunuch beside him immediately shouted loudly: "Your Majesty has decreed that today's palace examination will last for one hour!"

An hour!

The tributes were shocked. What good articles could be written at this hour?

Eighty percent of the tributes were panicking, but they had no choice but to rack their brains and try to solve the problem as quickly as possible. However, they were hungry and anxious, and felt extremely uncomfortable. Their minds were confused and they had no clue at all.

However, there are still some tributes who are very calm, especially Zong Zhengyi, Feng Yu and others, who have already written to break the theme.

When Emperor Jingyuan saw this, he was a little dissatisfied. He turned to look at Gu Jinan, and his expression became better after seeing that he also started to write to solve the problem.

After another two quarters of an hour, all the tributes in the palace picked up their pens and began to answer the questions. There was nothing they could do, there was only so much time, and if they didn't write again, they would lose even the slightest chance.

After a while, Emperor Jingyuan stood up and walked around the hall, watching the tributes answer questions.

The ministers stood still in a corner of the hall, but they were a little anxious. They also wanted to see how the tributes solved the problem?

But Emperor Jingyuan was on guard against them, fearing that they might mention the children of wealthy families or high-ranking officials. In the morning, he had ordered them not to patrol during the palace examination, so they could only stand and worry now.

An hour is not long, it passes quickly.

Emperor Jingyuan raised his hand, and the chief eunuch immediately said: "The time is up, stop writing!"

The dragon was so intimidating that no one dared to answer within the time limit and everyone stopped writing.

Gu Dexing was very lucky that he finished writing it just in time... Thanks to An Ge'er, if he hadn't reminded them that there might be many things going wrong in the imperial examination, so they shouldn't be too surprised by anything they encounter. Remove all distracting thoughts and concentrate on taking the exam.

As for matters such as kings, generals and soldiers, loyalty, etc., they had also talked about them in the past few days, so although today's test questions shocked him, they did not panic him.

Hua Qianshan also successfully finished writing, but he was anxious and couldn't hold it in anymore. He raised his hand and shouted: "Your Majesty, the students have something to report."

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was shocked. The imperial guards had already pointed their swords at Hua Qianshan, preparing to kill him immediately if he dared to do anything treacherous.

An adult scolded him: "What do you want to say to me, a little tribute?"

Don't talk nonsense, otherwise your life will be at risk!

Hua Qianshan said: "Sir, please calm down, I really can't bear it anymore."

Then he said to Emperor Jingyuan: "Your Majesty, the student is in a hurry, can you..."

It turned out that it was because of this that the adults present breathed a sigh of relief. They thought that Hua Qianshan wanted to complain in front of the palace... During the reign of Emperor Jingtai, something like this happened. That time, there was a river of blood. The ministers So I was afraid.

Emperor Jingyuan frowned and said, "Making loud noises is a breach of etiquette in front of the palace. Aren't you afraid of being beheaded?!"

Hua Qianshan said: "Students know that everything has its own priority. If you don't solve the urgent matter first and wait until something goes wrong, you will regret it."

Then he said: "I beg your Majesty to grant it!"

Emperor Jingyuan didn't want to discuss such matters in the main hall, and he admired Hua Qianshan's boldness, so he agreed.

The chief eunuch immediately arranged for the royal guards to go to the cleansing room with the tributes who needed to resolve internal emergencies.

Hua Qianshan was the first to go. After solving the problem, he came back relaxed. The tributes who almost suffocated to death were very grateful to him and regarded him as their savior.

The urgent matter was solved, but Emperor Jingyuan still didn't give them food and wanted them to continue to be hungry.

This was Emperor Jingyuan's intention. If he couldn't bear even one hungry meal, how could he go to the northwest to serve the imperial court in the future?

The tributes did not dare to complain about hunger, and sat on their knees in front of their desks.

The ministers began to read the papers, looked at the articles of each tribute, and selected the more amazing articles.

The test questions in today's palace examination are very difficult. It can almost be said to be an unsolvable problem. Many tributes are panicked, so there are very few amazing articles, just a few. Then pick some that look good, and make up for three. After ten copies, they were presented to Emperor Jingyuan.

Emperor Jingyuan read all the thirty articles submitted, and the first one he read was Gu Jinan's... While patrolling the palace, he read some of Gu Jinan's articles. But he is not afraid of the great power of the general.

Now that I look at Gu Jinan's complete policy review, I still feel it is very good.

Upon seeing this, Mr. Yingge asked, "Did your Majesty choose Gu Jinan? This boy is really talented, can do practical things, and is calm and calm. He deserves to be named the number one scholar."

After hearing this, Emperor Jingyuan looked at Mr. Ying Ge: "Do you prefer him to be the number one scholar in this subject?"

He also pointed to Zong Zhengyi's strategy and said: "He also uses troops to solve problems, and his articles are also excellent, so he deserves to be named the number one scholar."

Ying Ge smiled and said, "I have read Zong Zhengyi's article. He is indeed worthy of the title of number one scholar. But in terms of practical matters, he is not as good as Gu Jin'an."

Then he sighed: "Now that Da Chu is employing people, it should first reuse talents like Gu Jinan. Zong Zhengyi can also be reused, but they must be polished first, otherwise they will not be able to take on big tasks."

What he said was that he was really a dedicated minister who dedicated his whole life to the imperial court.

But what he really thought in his heart was not like this. He was just coaxing Emperor Jingyuan.

Emperor Jingyuan did not answer, but handed the papers of Gu Jinan and Zong Zhengyi to Ouyang Zhang, Shangguange Lao and others for them to take a look.

After the two elders saw it, they both said: "They are both talented people, it's hard to tell them apart."

However, Mr. Fang said: "If we really talk about it, Gu Jinan is better... He is a farmer's son. He officially studied with a scholar after he was fifteen years old. It has only been seven years now, but Zong Zhengyi is three years old. Enlightenment, the family invited famous teachers to teach them, and piled up ancient and famous books. One of them suffered, the other enjoyed blessings, but the scores in the scientific examination were about the same, which shows that Gu Jinan is smarter and is a real gold jade. "

This was so true that even the ministers from wealthy families who hated the poor children the most nodded in agreement.

Emperor Jingyuan was very satisfied with what he heard, but he did not rush to decide the rankings of the top three. Instead, he continued to read the submitted articles and was surprised by the strategy of a Zhongzhou Gongshi.

"Huang Youchi, I remember that this man wrote about solving the banditry problem during the examination, which is good." Emperor Jingyuan handed Huang Youchi's article to Ying Ge and the others.

After reading it, Mr. Yingge and the others nodded and said, "It's indeed good, but the literary quality is much worse than that of Gu Jin'an, Zong Zhengyi, Song Yin, Feng Yu and others."

But this Huang Youchi knew a lot about the banditry in Dachu, and he also knew a lot about the officers and soldiers. He was talented in controlling bandits and settling the people.

Moreover, he was from a decent family, not from a wealthy family, and had no relatives or friends from Xu You's side. Emperor Jingyuan was very satisfied with him.