There are not a few candidates who think like Zhao Jin!
Many people plan to enter official positions first and then make plans to get promoted based on their political performance.
A Ming official stood up and announced.
"The top-ranked students immediately start preparing for many matters related to participating in the palace examination!"
"Tomorrow morning at seven o'clock, the palace examination will officially begin!"
"Students on the B list can now go to the Ministry of Education to apply for their student status certificates, and then rely on the certificates to prepare tens of millions of officials to wait for selection."
The Ministry of Education was upgraded from the former Education Department!
The Ministry of Personnel is the Quanxu Division that was originally responsible for the promotion, appointment and dismissal of officials.
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On the second day, it was just dawn!
A large group of students gathered outside the Chengtian Gate of the Imperial Palace in Nanjing City, preparing to enter the palace and take part in the imperial examination.
At this time, the Imperial City of Nanjing was still in dilapidated condition, and even the Chengtian Gate was only repaired a few days ago.
It looks brand new, but it is incompatible with the surrounding environment!
But even so, no one would feel that the Ming Palace was not majestic enough at this time.
Because the real majesty is never a cold, lifeless palace.
It’s the power held by the master in the palace!
Today's Daming Palace is indeed dilapidated, but the power Zhu Hongyu possesses is enough to make up for it.
Outside Chengtian Gate, a soldier from the Ming Army was wearing heavy armor, standing motionless like a sculpture.
Sharp eyes swept back and forth across the field!
Many students who were caught in the sight felt a chill in their backs.
The murderous aura possessed by these veterans of many battles is really terrifying.
With the morning bell ringing, the Chengtian Gate opened with a creaking and rubbing sound.
The Bearing Gate is too load-bearing. Even if it is lubricated, it still makes noise when it is opened.
As the Chengtian Gate was opened, clear whip sounds sounded.
A group of students entered the Chengtian Gate one after another, followed the royal road, and headed towards the Fengtian Hall.
Along the way, traces of smoke and fire can still be seen on the buildings on both sides of the royal road, as well as large areas of ruins.
Very dilapidated!
These buildings have not yet had time to be repaired.
After walking for a full two-quarters of an hour, they arrived at the square outside Fengtian Hall.
At this time, the square was neatly filled with desks, and on each desk were placed pens, inks, papers, inkstones and other four treasures of the study.
Around the main hall, a Imperial Guard soldier stood on duty.
The atmosphere is extremely solemn!
An eunuch, a famous eunuch, came forward and arranged for the students to sit according to their seats.
"Students, wait a moment, His Majesty will be here soon!"
Since it was said to be a palace examination, it was natural for Zhu Hongyu to personally preside over it.
Worst of all, he still has to show up in the imperial examination!
These students didn't have to wait long before Zhu Hongyu appeared.
He was wearing a golden embroidered crown with dragon patterns, but it was not the kind of crown worn in large ceremonies.
Not so many exquisite accessories, more inclined to simple casual clothes!
Zhu Hongyu was sitting on the throne, with a graceful posture and a smile on his face, full of heroic spirit.
But after his chariot appeared, the students stood up from their respective positions and bowed in the direction of Zhu Hongyu.
"Students meet Your Majesty!"
"Long live your Majesty, long live, long live your Majesty!"
"Students meet Your Majesty!"
"Long live your Majesty, long live, long live your Majesty!"
"..."
The emperor walked to the steps in front of Fengtian Hall, and the warriors who carried him worked together to lift him to Fengtian Hall.
Yu Chu hangs in the air and passes by the sculpture of Dan Bi!
Yu Chu stopped outside Fengtian Hall!
Zhu Hongyu got off the throne, turned around, faced the square, slowly sat on the throne, and said in a loud voice.
"Dear students, the imperial examination is the hall of national ethics and talent, selecting talents for the governance of the Ming Dynasty!"
"I am very happy that you can come to participate in my Ming Dynasty imperial examination!"
"You can successfully pass the imperial examination and come to me to take part in the palace examination. I am very happy for you."
"It's too much, so I won't say more!"
"I hope that in this palace examination, someone can make me feel fresh and new."
"I also hope that all students will have a bright future after the palace examination!"
After speaking, Zhu Hongyu waved his hand and ordered the imperial examination to begin.
As a bell rang, a group of eunuchs came forward and began to distribute test papers to the students.
Students in different subjects have different test papers!
What traditional Jinshi science students have to test is the discussion of national affairs, which is the so-called policy theory!
The arithmetic science test is about arithmetic, but in terms of difficulty, it is not as difficult as passing the general examination.
The legal science students were tested on criminal names, given cases, and asked them to judge punishments according to the cases, or to recite and write down certain legal clauses.
In addition, this is also true for other subjects.
However, most of these subjects have fixed answers, and the examiner can judge the papers according to the answers.
Only the policies of the Jinshi Department need to be reviewed by Zhu Hongyu himself.
The students below were immersed in answering questions, but Zhu Hongyu had quietly left Fengtian Hall.
He still has government affairs to deal with, so he can't just watch these students answer questions here all day long.
There are only three questions in the Jinshi subject's policy, but for these students, these three questions are very difficult.
Each is tricky in its own way, but they all have the same characteristic, which is that they are extremely difficult to answer!
Strategy 1: Count down the reasons for the Jiashen disaster!
Strategy 2: Count down the various disadvantages of party struggle!
Policy Three: Discuss the next development direction of Ming Dynasty!
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Zhu Hongyu entered the Fengtian Hall. A large pile of memorials were placed on the table. Zhu Hongyu picked up his pen and read through the memorials.
From time to time he frowned, and from time to time he relaxed his brows, looking very attentively.
Most of the contents written in these memorials were local officials of the Ming Dynasty reporting to him on the handling of local government affairs.
These things are very troublesome, but Zhu Hongyu has to look at them.
Without seeing these things, how can he control the world?
Seeing the vigorous development of economic development zones such as Guangzhou and Xiamen, as well as the rising taxes in open places such as Luzon and Batavia, Zhu Hongyu had the idea of setting up a development zone in Jiangnan.
However, Zhu Hongyu has not yet made up his mind whether he should be in Nanjing or Shanghai in later generations.
Nanjing has the advantage of being the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the political and economic center, and the gathering of the best of the entire Jiangnan.
If Zhu Hongyu can make good use of Nanjing's resources nearby, the development zone will probably develop very quickly.
As long as the policies are in place and with its location advantages, development will be a matter of course!
As for Shanghai, it is located at the estuary of the Yangtze River. It can use the Yangtze River water system to concentrate the resources of the entire Jiangnan and utilize the market development of the entire Jiangnan.
And its geographical location can also radiate to Japan, Korea, Ryukyu and other countries!
The advantages are also considerable!
Not to mention that apart from these two cities, there are other cities such as Suzhou and Hangzhou, to say the least.
For a moment, Zhu Hongyu didn't know what choice to make!