The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 845 Palace Exam
On March [-], the weather was fine.

Outside Da'anmen, 130 tributes lined up in two rows and were walking towards the palace.

The palace examination is held today, and the scientific examination is considered to be over after passing through this hurdle.

There were 130 eight tributes originally admitted, but after a month of public opinion changes, eight tributes gave up their qualifications for the palace examination.

Giving up the palace examination means giving up the qualification to become the emperor's disciple, which undoubtedly slapped Zhao Yanxun in the face.

Zhao Yanxun was extremely angry with these eight people, and even wanted to kill them at one point.

Killing these people silently was no difficulty for Zhao Yanxun.

However, when he calmed down, he was not so small, and finally bypassed these people.

Of course, capital crimes can be avoided and life crimes cannot be escaped. If these people are not punished, others will treat them as easy to bully.

As a result, there was a censor's memorial to impeach these eight students for drinking during the national funeral.

Then...they were exiled to the northwest.

The students pay attention to singing the wind and the moon, and it is quite normal to drink some wine in private, but it just hits the national mourning period.

If you don't pursue it on weekdays, then of course it's nothing. Once you investigate it, it will be a felony.

Through proper means, Zhao Yanxun easily dealt with these people and maintained his strong image.

The south wanted to split and was besieged by his army, tens of thousands were exiled by him for tax evasion, officials dared to threaten him and were punished by the court, and students who lost his face were severely punished...

From the beginning to the end, Zhao Yanxun was very tough.

Let's talk about the tributes, under the guidance of the officials, they first passed through the Da'an Gate, and then entered the Huangji Gate.

Slightly raised his head, looking at the majestic Huangji Hall in front of him, the faces of the tributes were full of awe.

Passing through the square, everyone walked up the imperial steps on the left and right, and then entered the main hall under the guidance of the ceremonial officer.

The area of ​​the hall is very large. Not only tables and chairs are placed at the moment, but also lights are installed to make the inside of the hall as bright as the outside world.

Entering the hall, officials from the Ministry of Rituals shouted: "Everyone, take your seat according to your nameplate!"

"No noise, no whispering!"

The tributes naturally knew how to measure, so under the watchful eyes of the eunuchs and ceremony officials in the hall, they searched for their places in the hall.

Of course, their eyes couldn't help but sweep towards the emperor's throne.

However, at this moment, apart from the eunuch on duty, there was no emperor on the throne.

A few minutes later, all the tributes were seated, and their excitement gradually calmed down.

The crowd waited for about half an hour before they heard a large number of footsteps coming from the back of the main hall, and a large number of eunuchs appeared after a while.

And the emperor Zhao Yanxun, also surrounded by eunuchs and officials from the Ministry of Rites, appeared in the sight of everyone.

When the emperor arrived, the tributes dared not take their seats, so they got up and walked aside one after another, and paid homage to the emperor.

"Kowtow to the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

At this moment, Zhao Yanxun has stepped onto the throne.

Standing on the imperial steps, looking at the kneeling students below, Zhao Yanxun calmly said: "Excuse me!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Although they were very curious about the emperor's appearance, everyone didn't dare to look up and take a peek, so they could only return to their seats honestly.

When Zhao Yanxun sat on the dragon chair, he saw Pan Qifeng, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, come to the imperial steps, and said in a high voice: "This palace exam, the emperor is here in person. Candidates must be sincere, so that we can live up to the emperor's expectations!"

"Exam time, one hour!"

Candidates in the hall were not surprised to hear that the exam time was only one hour.

"Examination topic: Our dynasty has accumulated a lot of evils. If we don't reform the old ways, the country will be destroyed!"

"How to reform, please try to offer suggestions for the court, and discuss it in detail!"

Hearing the question, Wang Xin, who was sitting in the back seat, showed a smile at the corner of his mouth at this moment, which was exactly as he expected.

But when he looked to the left and right, he found that the people on both sides were smiling, so he knew that these people had also made preparations in advance.

Thinking of this, Wang Xin couldn't laugh anymore.

Next, if you don't show your real kung fu, it may be difficult for you to be the top one.

"Now... the palace test begins!"

Following Pan Qifeng's order, all the students present took up their pens, obviously all of them were fully prepared.

In the hall, only the sound of writing could be heard.

After sitting on the dragon chair for a while, Zhao Yanxun felt restless, so he got up and walked down the imperial steps.

One hour to answer the questions, if you want to explain all the points clearly, the time is not enough at all.

When Zhao Yanxun walked around the hall, he didn't attract the attention of the students because they had too many things in their hands.

Of course, when Zhao Yanxun walked around the hall, he was also watching the content of the answers.

Generally speaking, the general direction of these people is not wrong, and they are all talents that can be used.

Of course, it is really too difficult to find novel and sharp insights from these answer sheets.

It wasn't until Zhao Yanxun appeared behind Wang Xin that Zhao Yanxun was aroused when he saw the opening quotation.

Wang Xin's opinion is surprisingly consistent with Zhao Yanxun's.

The emperor stopped behind him, which made Wang Xin excited, but he didn't show anything on the outside, but continued to write the answer sheet seriously.

And this scene fell in the eyes of others, so they knew that the content of Wang Xin's answer was beyond the level of others.

Among them, Yang An was the one who felt the most anxiety. After all, he would try for No.1, and Wang Xin would challenge him for the No. [-] spot.

Time passed gradually, and soon it was an hour, at which time Zhao Yanxun had left the hall.

When the bell in the hall rang, the answering time was over.

In fact, about 10 minutes ago, everyone completed the answer sheet, and the rest of the time was spent checking.

"Candidates stand up!"

Hearing the official's voice, everyone present got up.

"Candidates leave the hall!"

Everyone then walked out of the hall.

When they all left the hall, the officials in the hall ordered the papers to be collected, and then the papers would be sent directly to Qian'an Palace.

That's right, for this palace exam, all answer sheets will be reviewed by Zhao Yanxun himself.

On the other side, the examinees were led out of the palace by the ceremony officer.

After walking out of Chengtianmen, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, regardless of the result of the palace examination, they were already very relaxed.

The crowd left in groups of twos and threes, while Wang Xin and Chen Hongqing went together.

"Brother Wang, congratulations!" Chen Hongqing said very sincerely.

"I knew that you are definitely not someone in the pool. The emperor has a lot of favors for you, and it is no problem that you will be able to rise to the top in the future!"

Hearing Chen Hongqing's flattering words, Wang Xin himself was not at all flustered.

Wang Xin said calmly: "The result is still unknown, so don't be too happy for me!"

Chen Hongqing admired you more and more, and said: "So I admire you, not to be surprised, not everyone can do this!"

In Qian'an Palace, all 130 test papers were delivered, and Zhao Yanxun was flipping through them at the moment.

In Huangji Hall just now, he just read it roughly, and only took a few more glances at the conclusions of a few people.

But right now, to rank these people, he has to read them all.

Of the 130 people, there are three places for the first class, 30 for the second class, and the rest are all for the third class.

"This one, top three..."

After saying this, Zhao Yanxun threw out an answer sheet.

"Yes!"

Wu Hong picked up the answer sheet and put it in a wooden box with the word "Top Three" written on it.

"This second-tier..."

"Yes!"

"This top three..."

To see all of them, Zhao Yanxun just took a rough look and allocated the first, second and third best places, and a special examiner would be responsible for the specific rankings.

Two hours passed quickly, and there were three answer sheets left on Zhao Yanxun's desk, and these were the top three he had selected.

After reading these three answer sheets, after balancing other factors, Zhao Yanxun read: "No.1 in Yijia...Wang Xin!"

"No.2, Yang An!"

"No.3, Gu Putong!"

(End of this chapter)