Your Majesty, she doesn't want to flip the brand

Before he had time to delve into the situation at the border, Zhou Xingzhi started busy with Chunwei.

Compared with Qiu Wei, Chun Wei is a more important exam. As long as you pass the Jinshi exam, you will be on your official career. If you are lucky, you can be appreciated by His Majesty and walk on Qingyun Road.

This time, in the selection of examiners, few officials dared to argue with Zhou Xingzhi.Zhou Xingzhi arranged for Prime Minister Liu, the Minister of Rites, the new Minister of Officials, and Feng Yi, who had been promoted to a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, completely according to his own wishes.

After discussing the exam questions, Zhou Xingzhi directly dispatched a team of personal guards to guard the questions. The examiner was not allowed to come in until the first exam began on February [-]th.

"It's just the beginning of spring, and the temperature hasn't picked up yet. Those candidates must be having a hard time." Ye Ningxuan stood at the window and stretched out her hand to feel the temperature. "Should we ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to purchase some quilts, and each candidate will be given a share?" bed?"

Zhou Xingzhi didn't think too much, touched his chin and said, "Yes, I'll ask someone to arrange it."

In this way, half a day after entering the examination room, all the candidates who participated in the general examination got a soft quilt.

"The empress is kind-hearted, and she is worried that the students will catch cold during the exam, so she ordered us to send you quilts. From the beginning to the end of the exam, a bowl of hot soup will be provided every night, and there is also an imperial doctor on duty." The person who came to deliver the quilt was The guards, they kept Zhou Xingzhi's instructions in mind, and they made a special publicity in every examination room.

During the exam, there were new quilts and hot soup. This was the first time in the history of imperial examinations. After feeling the warmth brought by the quilts and hot soup, many students present thanked Ye Ningxuan from a distance. How many good words do you want? There are so many good words, after all, literati still have a good way of making rainbow farts.

There are three exams in total, and it takes almost nine days to finish the exam.In the past, in the middle of the exam, there would always be some people with physical problems, and the exam was interrupted without any ranking.But this time it was different. Most of the people performed well when the temperature was guaranteed.

Even if there are a few weak people who have problems, let the imperial doctor treat them on the spot. A bowl of medicinal soup will be enough for most of them.

After all the papers are collected, it's time for the examiner to review them.Zhou Xingzhi didn't intervene in this step, she was thinking about the questions of the imperial examination.

The imperial examination comes only once every three years, and she has to select a few people who are in line with her ideals and have the ability from this group of Jinshi, so that she can release new policies with confidence.

"These are the palace examination questions sent by the Ministry of Rites and Hanlin. Which one do you think is suitable?" Zhou Xingzhi selected five unconventional questions from it.

Ye Ningxuan took it and browsed it carefully, "One is military-oriented, the other two are people's livelihood, and the remaining two topics are relatively comprehensive and have the intention of reform. If you want to choose from among them, I think the last topic is better. In other words, there is a relatively large space left for candidates to display.”

"Then let's decide on the last topic." Zhou Xingzhi's intention is similar to Ye Ningxuan's, "When they finish writing the theory, I will teach the exam with you on the spot."

"Are we together?" Ye Ningxuan raised her eyebrows, she just arranged for Zhong Qingyi to enter the household department, "The Ministry of Rites and the Yushi should not let go..."

"Why not, the beautiful and kind-hearted empress gave the candidates so many things. It's okay for the candidates to see the queen and be taught by the queen." Zhou Xingzhi said with a smile. The good thing is that I don't have any opinions on this matter.

The expression on Ye Ningxuan's face was somewhat helpless, "This reason is so far-fetched, did you come up with it on the spur of the moment?"

"So what, you can just gag Yushi's mouth." Zhou Xingzhi didn't deny it, she really thought of it on a whim.Anyway, it is important to push Ye Ningxuan to the front, why not take this opportunity to make a face, let this group of Jinshi owe Ning Xuan a favor, and things will be easier to handle in the future.

At the beginning of March, the results of the examination were announced, and those who found their names on the imperial list were ecstatic, and all of them were very excited.As for those who failed the rankings, those who were mentally prepared were only lost for a while, and soon cheered up and prepared to fight again three years later.Unprepared, I couldn't adjust my mentality for a while, looked at the list over and over again, and then broke down and cried on the ground.

"I don't accept it, I want to report, I want to report someone cheating!" One of the collapsed examinees was a little dazed, and ran directly to the guards guarding the imperial list, shouting in desperation, "This time the meeting will have a Question, he knew the questions in advance! He knows the examiner, I suspect someone leaked the questions to him!"

"Which examiner do you think Huiyuan knows?" Jiang Qianhu, who was in charge of guarding the imperial list, quickly got his subordinates to control the examinee when his face darkened, "If you talk nonsense and spread rumors, it is a felony!"

After hearing Jiang Qianhu's words, the examinee shrank his neck subconsciously, but soon continued to speak, "I know, the No. They must have colluded."

"Slandering the emperor's relatives is an extra crime." Jiang Qianhu snapped, "His Majesty personally selected the topic and sealed it. I brought a hundred personal guards to guard day and night, and it is absolutely impossible to leak the topic. "

There were many students and common people onlookers, and Jiang Qianhu's movements were also very neat, "What is your name and where is your place of origin? People like you who just fail to pass the exam and slander you are not worthy of fame! Come, give me Take it!"

"What are you doing, let me go!" The examinee was quickly grabbed by the guards and pressed face-to-face on the ground. The examinee didn't seem to expect Jiang Qianhu's attitude to be so tough, and he soon felt resigned, " I'm just guessing! It's true that Han Shuo and Feng Yi are good friends, since they are good friends, there is naturally a possibility of leaking the question."

"If you commit a crime knowingly, the crime will be a higher class." Jiang Qianhu received Zhou Xingzhi's verbal order long before he came here, but anyone who takes the opportunity to make trouble when the ranking is released, no matter who the other party says, they will be dealt with quickly and strictly. What bad public opinion spread.

As soon as Jiang Qianhu finished speaking, the two people holding the examinee stuffed a piece of cloth into his mouth and dragged him away like a dead dog.

"The palace examination will start on the [-]th of this month. If you have time, you should read more." Jiang Qianhu said, and then continued to stand in front of the imperial list without saying a word.

After one person was dragged down, the collapsed examinees also recovered a little bit, not daring to play tricks, and left quickly after seeing the results.

The troubles caused by the candidates quickly reached Zhou Xingzhi's ears. After learning about Jiang Qianhu's reaction, Zhou Xingzhi was very satisfied.

"According to my decree, the examinee will not be allowed to take the imperial examinations for life without all the honors on him." Zhou Xingzhi said and paused, "By the way, find out who is behind the instigation, and if you find out, you will be held accountable. If you can't find out If not, put the pot on Prince Jia."

"Yes, the servant will make arrangements now." Wei Zhong was not at all surprised by Zhou Xingzhi's order, and quickly polished up her meaning and conveyed it.

After Wei Zhong left, Ye Ningxuan couldn't help laughing, "Xingzhi, are you trying to force Prince Jia out?"

"Basically, I sent a lot of people to monitor him, but the result is that the other party is in the palace." Zhou Xingzhi said, "According to his personality, this is unlikely, maybe the person in the palace is just a substitute for him. "

The chair under Zhou Xingzhi's buttocks became more and more stable, and few of the former ministers were willing to speak for Prince Jia.In the past, it was Prince Jia who made things that disgusted him, but now the two have switched identities, and it was Zhou Xingzhi who made things to disgust Prince Jia.

"Will this make him jump over the wall?" After laughing, Ye Ningxuan couldn't help but get serious again, and began to consider other possibilities, "If Prince Jia is not in the palace, maybe he has already run away."

"Then let's run away, at most we will go to the border." Zhou Xingzhi is very confident now, the reason is very simple, the artillery she wants is already in the testing stage, and the first batch of artillery will be successfully produced in a short time come out.

"Do you think we have the upper hand in terms of military strength on the border, so we don't need to be afraid?" Ye Ningxuan guessed.

"This is one reason, and the second reason. I'll tell you when I'm ready." Zhou Xingzhi made a fool of himself. Some things are too monotonous and one-sided to describe in words. It's best to witness it with your own eyes. You can appreciate its true power.

"Okay, then I'll wait." Zhou Xingzhi didn't say anything, and Ye Ningxuan didn't ask. This was the tacit understanding and trust between the two.

Soon it was the day of the palace examination. Zhou Xingzhi didn't go there right away, but waited until the candidates had answered the questions before walking slowly towards the hall. She didn't make a sound, but just walked around the candidates, looking down from time to time. The contents of their rice paper.

The appearance of Zhou Xingzhi made these candidates both excited and nervous. They were excited because they had the opportunity to let His Majesty see their talents, and they were nervous because they were worried that they would not perform well and wrote something that His Majesty didn't like.

Thinking of the news that came back earlier, Zhou Xingzhi deliberately found Han Shuo's position, stood behind him and began to browse the theories written by him.

The questions of the exam are related to the reform. The questions do not limit the direction of answering the questions, but explain the situation of the Great Zhou Dynasty in a very general way, and then ask the examinees if there is anything that can be reformed in the Zhou Dynasty.

Zhou Xingzhi had a strong sense of presence, and Han Shuo soon felt the presence of the other party. Although he had made a lot of preparations in his heart, he still couldn't help becoming nervous.

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