Daqin: Check in at the beginning of 18 and ask Zulong to abdicate

"Your Majesty is wise!" The Minister of Rites hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I know what to do."

Soon, the palace test officially began.

The palace examination is the last hurdle of the imperial examination, and the ranking of the imperial examination must be officially established.

In fact, the ranking of the exam has already been confirmed by the officials of the Ministry of Rites.

This time, the emperor Ying Zigao came to inspect the candidates in person, to show the importance the emperor attached to the imperial examinations, and to establish the distinction between the masters and apprentices of the Jinshi.

After Ying Zigao announced the exam questions, he sat on the ceremony and observed the candidates carefully.

Seeing Guo Shoujing sitting upright by the table, writing vigorously without stopping.

Can't help but nodded secretly.

As expected of a great scientist who left his reputation in history textbooks, he is truly extraordinary!

Looking at the other candidates, most of them are dressed in shabby clothes, such as Gebu and linen clothes, which are very thin.

In this midwinter season, sitting in the empty hall, there are waves of chills.

The ministers wearing high-end leather robes certainly don't feel the cold.But these thinly dressed candidates for the pilot test stopped the brushes in their hands one by one, and kept breathing on their fingers.

Ying Zigao immediately said loudly: "Come here, give each candidate a brazier, put more charcoal, and make the fire more prosperous!"

"I understand!" The official of the Ministry of Rites hurriedly agreed, and immediately ordered his subordinates to send the brazier to each candidate.

watch.The burning brazier was placed beside him, and the body of the poor candidate was immediately warm.

Psychologically, it is even more warm!
Looking at Ying Zigao sitting on the main seat, I was even more excited!
Several young examinees couldn't help but have red eyes!
Excited, the examinees held their brushes tightly and wrote vigorously, wishing to show what they had learned all their life in front of Ying Zigao, the wise emperor!
Seeing that Ying Zigao cared so much about the examinees and valued talents, the officials couldn't help feeling warm.

Before I knew it, an hour passed.

Candidates handed in their test papers one after another.

Ying Zigao saw that every test paper was well written, the handwriting was neat, and the content was very detailed, so he couldn't help but feel more and more satisfied.

Seeing Guo Shoujing's test paper, Ying Zigao's eyes lit up even more!
To his surprise, Guo Shoujing was the first to mention in the test paper that a canal was dug between the Lijiang River and the Xiangjiang River to facilitate the imperial court to transport supplies to Lingnan!
"Isn't this the famous Lingqu in later generations!"

Ying Zigao was very pleasantly surprised, immediately picked up the brush, and personally wrote the three words "No. 1"!
After the exam, Ying Zigao took Guo Shoujing's test paper and said loudly to the Minister of Rites and the officials, "This is the talent I need! Look at how well this article is written!"

Minister of the Ministry of Rites hurriedly took the test paper with both hands, read it carefully, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, this article is well written, but I think it has some shortcomings!"

Ying Zigao hurriedly asked, "What's the shortcoming?"

The Book of the Ministry of Rites said with a serious face: "Before entering the court as an official, I encouraged His Majesty to build large-scale construction projects. I think that Guo Shoujing is suspected of being ambitious and talented!"

"What I hold is an engineering imperial examination, and all the participants are engineering talents!"

Unexpectedly, he finally got a great scientist, but received such an evaluation, Ying Zigao couldn't help but suddenly felt upset.

With a serious face, he said: "It is normal for engineering talents to suggest new construction projects. I don't think there is any shortage!"

Seeing Ying Zigao's serious face, Minister of Rites couldn't help but feel his heart tighten.

Hastily said: "Your Majesty, digging a canal is a huge project! The location is far away in the south of the Lingnan Mountains, where the terrain is steep, rugged, and plagued!

For a person who has not entered the court to start such a difficult project, it is really unusable! "

"I think that Guo Shoujing is a very good engineering and technical talent!"

Ying Zigao said with a serious face: "It is very necessary to dig the Lingnan Canal!"

"Your Majesty..." Minister of the Ministry of Rites wanted to say more, but Ying Zigao waved his hand impatiently, and said in a loud voice, "I'm looking for a talent like Guo Shoujing! This number one scholar in engineering, I'll recognize him!"

Hearing this, Minister of the Ministry of Rites couldn't say anything more, so he could only sigh helplessly and said: "I also feel that this son is both talented and knowledgeable, and has a lot of research in engineering. From the test results alone, It is indeed number one!"

Ying Zigao hurriedly asked, "Aiqing also thinks that Guo Shoujing should be the champion?"

The tone of the Minister of Rites was full of helplessness: "Your Majesty values ​​it so much, there is nothing to say about a number one scholar!"

"I can't see the wrong person."

Ying Zigao looked at the helpless and unconvinced look on the face of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and couldn't help but smiled slightly: "Don't worry, Aiqing, this Guo Shoujing will definitely make great contributions to the construction of our Daqin project in the future!"

Hearing this, the Minister of Rites could only sigh secretly.

According to the results, after drawing up the rankings for the admission of Jinshi, Ying Zigao ordered to build a memorial archway on the square outside Xianyang Palace, erect an imperial list, and announce the list with great fanfare!
Under the order of Ying Zigao, the officials of the Ministry of Rites sent a palace drum band to beat gongs and drums, sing and dance, attracting officials and people in Xianyang City to watch!
The scholars and common people in Daqin saw that engineering scholars were so valued.Everyone was shocked!
"I didn't expect Jinshi in Engineering to be valued as much as Jinshi in Economics and History!"

"There are also top picks, second place, and top picks!"

"The 23rd Jinshi is called Zhang Erlang, from Xianyang?"

A middle-aged man with the appearance of a small businessman looked at the imperial list carefully and couldn't help being surprised!
"Zhang Erlang, isn't he the second boy of Zhang Carpenter's family?"

The middle-aged man said with a pleasant expression on his face: "I do carpentry work with his father every day, and my head is full of sweat. I have studied in private schools for several years and I haven't seen it. This time, I have become a Jinshi of engineering! "

"From now on, you have to call someone Master Zhang, Mr. Zhang!"

Unexpectedly, a son of a craftsman who has only studied for a few years, really won the Jinshi and was on the Yellow List. The common people and scholars could not help but be surprised.

It seems that the current emperor really values ​​craftsmen.

Not only are craftsmen and craftsmen rewarded for their meritorious service, they are awarded military titles, and now they have specially set up an imperial examination for engineering and examinations for examinations!
Let the children of artisans with low status in the past also have the opportunity to pass the Jinshi examination, honor their ancestors, enter the imperial court, and become officials in the world!
"It seems that in the future, the disciples should not be allowed to study those scriptures hard!"

A rich man with the appearance of a big businessman hurriedly said: "We must find a way to let the children learn more crafts!"