Su Yijue smiled, "Grandpa has so much confidence in us?"
"Of course! Don't you have confidence?" Su Jinxun also smiled. When he said this, he did seem a bit eager.
This time Emperor Enke specially allowed high-ranking officials from the Hanlin Academy to participate in the marking, so the marking speed was much faster than in previous exams.
On April 15th, the re-examination was held in Baohe Hall, and again we worked overtime to complete the marking.
The emperor's eagerness was seen by all the ministers. For a moment, the ministers felt uneasy.
I thought that the emperor was tired of looking at their old faces and was in urgent need of looking for new talents.
Even Su Jinxun lamented that Su Yizhao's batch of candidates were unfortunate, but also lucky.
Unfortunately, the fire killed many candidates and they had to retake the examination.
Fortunately, the candidates who took the Enke exam were mixed, but most of those who were burned to death were rookies.
Because the emperor was so thirsty for talents, he did not delay the exam, which was a blessing in misfortune.
There is no doubt that Su Yizhao, who came first in the general examination, easily passed the re-examination.
As for Su Yijue, she ranked thirty-seven in the joint examination, which is still at the forefront. She is sure to win if she passes the re-examination.
April 22, palace examination.
The imperial examination was the last one, and even Su Yizhao breathed a sigh of relief.
Only examination policy questions are required. Candidates can enter at dawn, and officials from the Ministry of Rites will lead the candidates into the Baohe Hall.
Su Yizhao sat down after listening to the officials roll call, then scattering papers, paying homage, and finally saluting.
Most of the policy questions in the previous imperial examinations were about current affairs. After all, you are about to become an official. In addition to understanding the government, you also need to be able to share the emperor's worries, right?
There were two questions in total. Su Yizhao looked at the first question. It was estimated that this question had several hundred words, but the answer requirement was actually 2,000 words.
Who said the palace exam was not difficult? Just the first question made her dizzy.
"The Emperor Zhi said: I only govern the ancient emperors with great scriptures and great methods, which are contained in "Book of Zhou·Hong Fan". The reason why he governs Wanhua and takes charge of Jiuchou is that he has built the emperor's body and prepared it."
Answer the questions in regular script. The quality of the handwriting is very important and will directly affect your score.
Because the emperor will pick out a certain candidate's paper and check it according to his mood. If the word is a mess, will the emperor still have the heart to read it? Even if the article is well written, the emperor will not take another look. After all, the choice is too much.
Much more.
In particular, Su Jinxun said that the emperor valued good calligraphy. Even if he usually asked officials from the Hanlin Academy to draft edicts, they would still choose good calligraphy.
But there is no need to worry too much about this, after all, both Su Yizhao brothers are good at calligraphy.
Especially Su Yizhao, because she is Huiyuan, if nothing unexpected happens, her test paper should be in the top ten.
The final ranking is decided by the emperor, and the top ten articles must be read by the emperor.
Su Yizhao looked at the title and immediately thought that this title came from "Shang Shu·Zhou Shu·Hong Fan".
The general idea of this article is that who has formulated the rules for governing the country and ensuring peace of the country. One of them is related to the five elements, and the other is the nine laws of governing the country.
The law of governing a country is given by God. The ancients respected God and destiny and believed that if the rules were not followed, the ruler would not be able to last long.
The whole article is very long, but the general idea is this.
This policy question also revolves around this article. The emperor elaborated on his opinions and actions and raised questions.
He also pointed out that he had followed the rules and tried his best to do his best, but there would inevitably be shortcomings. Where were the shortcomings and how to solve them.
Candidates must share their worries! And just sharing your worries is not enough.
You have to praise, praise the emperor for working hard and doing a good job.
But it will definitely not work if you just sing praises and praises, and then put forward some insignificant suggestions that are the icing on the cake.
The tone must be tactful, but not aimless and must be well-founded.
All in all, it has to be enjoyable for the emperor to watch. After a lot of flattery, it has to have some unique insights, so that the whole story is not filled with flowers and flowers, which makes people tired, but it has to make the eyes of the emperor and officials shine.
This was something that had to be carefully considered. The first policy question was so difficult that Su Yizhao simply stopped looking at the questions below and concentrated on composing them on the draft paper.
Because the two grandchildren had to take the palace examination, and the palace examination had to be presided over by the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple, Su Jinxun, as the Minister of Rites, had to avoid suspicion.
Today he has been standing outside the temple, only patrolling outside the temple.
He first looked inside and saw all the candidates frowning and sighing, and his heart suddenly tightened.
Looking past the candidates, he didn't even stop at Su Yijue in front of him, but fell directly on Su Yizhao who was three people away.
In his opinion, as long as he can answer the question, he will be ranked.
No matter how unlucky he is, he will be awarded a fellow Jinshi, but the ranking is too important to the Su family.
His leap to the third level had already aroused the dissatisfaction of all the ministers in the court, so there was an urgent need for the younger generations of the Su family to prove that the Su family in front of them was not the glory before their decline.
Su Yizhao had to be among the best to shut up those people for the time being.
Seeing Su Yizhao immersed himself in writing, Su Jinxun couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
I wanted to go up and see what was written in person, but I didn't dare to move my feet.
The imperial examination only lasts for one day. There are two policy questions to be made, each of which must be more than 2,000 words. The time is tight.
Just write it down at the beginning. It is better not to express original opinions on the ancients' belief in the way of heaven, otherwise it will be deviant.
"My answer: I heard that the emperor's way is also the way of heaven. Therefore, there must be a mental method that is in harmony with heaven to explain the reasons. There must also be a rule of heaven that can be used to make decisions wonderfully. What is the mental method?"
Once you write smoothly, you can't stop writing.
Other officials of the Ministry of Rites took a serious look at the Su Yizhao brothers. Some officials even walked up to them and stood there for a while. After seeing the neat and elegant fonts on the draft paper, they nodded appreciatively.
Then read the article. Su Yizhao answered the questions very quickly. While other candidates were still thinking about it, she had already written hundreds of words eloquently.
Thoughts are flowing like a spring, and writing is not finished.
It was noon, and the candidates were all busy writing or composing articles, and they did not feel hungry or tired at all.
It wasn't until the guards came over with some food boxes that they smelled the aroma of food.
Su Yizhao has now finished writing one question and copied it completely on the test paper. He also has an idea for the next question and has just started to get started.
The officials began to distribute food. We must stop writing here. If it is not used now, it will be taken away later. It is not as casual as in the dormitory before.
Su Yizhao glanced at the clear soup in front of him, a bowl of cucumber soup.
She took a small sip with restraint, not daring to drink too much.
During the imperial examination, all the candidates sit in rows, and many officials monitor the examination. All small movements can be seen clearly.
If you drink too much water and need to go to the toilet, it is a breach of etiquette.
A bowl of rice, a plate of tofu, and eggplant with minced meat.
Today is the holiday and I wish you all a happy holiday!
The author was eating, drinking, having fun, and enjoying the holidays, so he delayed the publication of the article. Sorry, sorry!