Journey Through the Plane of the Lord God

Although, this is not the first time in Fengtian Hall to meet these imperial examination elites who are about to officially enter the officialdom of the Ming Empire.

But when he saw the nobles with extraordinary temperament, vitality and vigor entering the palace and saluting him, sitting on the throne directly above the Fengtian Palace, the young emperor who had lived in the palace for many years could not help but whisper.

He sighed.

"All the talented people in the world have come to my rescue!"

He slightly supported the guardrail of the throne with both hands, stood up, and walked slowly downwards.

That's right, in this time and space with the color of a fairy, the Apocalypse Supreme, who is already 272 years old and has been in power for nearly 75 years, can still be called "young" among the successive emperors of the Ming Dynasty.

During this period of time, although the life-extending spiritual objects in the world are becoming increasingly scarce due to the arrival of the Age of Ending Dharma.

However, if the whole country searches for them and only uses them for the enjoyment of the emperor and a few elders in the royal family, the Ming Dynasty's reserve of life-extending spiritual objects is barely sufficient.

Wei Zhongxian, a nine-thousand-year-old man who was standing beside the throne, saw his master getting up and trotted over without hesitation, bending down to support the emperor.

At this time, Jiu Qian was not as majestic as he usually was when he was aloof and bullying the court. With a festive smile on his face, he helped the emperor off the high platform of the throne, followed half a step behind the emperor, and walked respectfully.

said.

"To be valued by His Majesty is such a blessing for these people!"

On both sides of the steps directly below the throne, on the left are the eunuch civilian ministers headed by Huang Lizi, the chief minister of the cabinet.

This elderly minister with clean and upright features, who looked nothing like the "eunuch monster" described by the Donglin party, followed Wei Zhongxian's words, bowed to the emperor and said.

"What Eunuch Wei said is absolutely true."

"The emperor values ​​these young people, but it is their blessing!"

On the right side below the throne are a relatively small number of noble military attachés from the eunuch party, headed by Wei Liangqing, who is wearing brocade clothes.

These warriors, who were denounced as "eunuch butcher's knives" by the literati of the Donglin lineage, were actually important among the nine thousand-year-old forces. The "knife handle" used by Wei Zhongxian to control the military power of the Beijing Camp and the supervisory power of the Jinyi Guards, he heard that the chief minister Huang

After Li Ji spoke, these warriors also hurriedly echoed.

"Yes! Eunuch Wei is right!"

"It is a great blessing for them to be valued by His Majesty!"

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Li Biao, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, who stood at the end of the row of civil servants, saw this scene and shook his head helplessly.

Turning around, among the senior officials of the Ming Dynasty in the Fengtian Palace, he was the only one who was not inclined to the eunuch party. When he saw that all the candidates for the palace examination had taken their seats one by one according to the order of the examination rankings, his eyes slightly condensed and he exuded

A trace of light visible to the naked eye.

In Lin Pingzhi's perception at this time, an invisible literary aura mixed with the official aura of the Ministry of Rites emerged from Li Biao's body, activating a literary ritual hidden on the top of Fengtian Hall.

Suddenly, a circle of pale golden light filled the area around the central examination room of Fengtian Palace, blocking out the noise below the throne and artificially creating a quiet examination environment for the candidates taking the examination.

Seeing the golden circle in the examination room around him, even when he arrived at Fengtian Palace, many candidates already knew that there was such a process in the palace examination from the training of low-level officials from the Ministry of Rites. They even knew about it from those officials.

One of the few remaining extraordinary literary rituals from the Ming Dynasty, it is not just used to create a quiet examination environment.

It also has the function of identifying the true form of human beings and exorcising the bad luck, ghost energy and other extraordinary energy in Juzi. It not only provides a positive buff to Juzi, but also prevents some evil ways that may appear and harm the emperor and other high-ranking officials in the empire.

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But after all, this world has entered the Age of Dharma Ending, and extraordinary spells are no longer as visible to the world as they were before the Dharma Ending.

It was the first time for most of the people in Fengtian Hall to see such a real range-type extraordinary special effect. Including our Lin Pingzhi, they all secretly looked at the golden circle made of Wen Dao ritual tools several times.

After satisfying his curiosity, he turned his attention to the policy issues on the table in front of him.

In the seventh and fifth year of this apocalypse, the two topics in Ding Mao's imperial examination were very long, adding up to hundreds of words.

After Lin Pingzhi glanced at it, he found that the first question was the same old one. It was nothing more than asking the candidates "how to run a country and strengthen the army." He already had a draft in mind. He referred to the styles of recent imperial examinations and slightly added some from later generations.

The dry information is integrated into a slightly advanced article.

The second topic is interesting. Generally speaking, it asks the candidates to discuss the significance of "craftsmen" to the country.

What else could it mean?

Combined with the "hobby" of today's emperors who like to do carpentry work, Lin Pingzhi can be said to be well aware of it. In fact, this is to let the emperor flatter the emperor and not do his job for the emperor.

, Charter Civil and Military", but just doing carpentry work every day, looking for a legitimate "excuse".

The topic of "the way to govern a country and strengthen its army" has appeared countless times in the palace examinations of the past dynasties and in the daily questions and answers between monarchs and ministers. Even if they are compiled, these poems and books in the Fengtian Palace can be edited.

Everyone writes a decent article.

But if you want to become a first-class Jinshi, get a good ranking in the palace examination, or even want to be the top scholar in this subject, the key lies in how you answer the second question.

Nowadays, eunuch officials fully occupy the cabinet and have the power of this imperial examination. In fact, it depends on who can write the legitimate "reasons" for doing carpentry work today well, well, and well. Then whoever can do it will probably

If you can win the favor of today, you can win the first prize in one fell swoop and become the top scholar in this subject!

Lin Pingzhi, who understood this key point, looked around secretly, and looked pityingly at the frowning Donglin companions around him.

In his contacts in the past few years, after experiencing several political turmoils in the Donglin lineage, perhaps only Lin Pingzhi's teacher Gu Dazhang and other Donglin elders still retain the political philosophy of advocating practical learning. Most of the new joins

, Donglin scholars with a business background can only talk empty talk. It is asking these Donglin Juzi who claim to be scholars to brag about the status of "scholars, farmers, industry and commerce" as "craftsmen" among the four people in the imperial examination policy papers, to flatter others.

Absolutely impossible.

In fact, it was not only Donglin Juzi who frowned when he saw the second policy statement, but other members of other political factions divided by inland regions, such as Zhejiang Party, Chu Party, and Qi Party, also frowned.

The literati at this time were not very capable, but because of the prevalence of Neo-Confucianism, each of them regarded their reputation as being as great as the sky.

No one wants to be stained by the stigma of "beautiful people". Except for some scholars who come from the eunuch circle and whose identity has been determined to be in the eunuch party, they have no pressure and keep writing with confidence. Almost all the actions are in

After answering the first policy question, they all frowned and thought deeply.

Time passed minute by minute, and in a short time, the bell, indicating that an hour had passed, rang outside Fengtian Hall.

The Daming Palace Examination in this time and space only lasted for two hours, and the marking began immediately after the examinees answered their papers. Now half of the time has passed. Under the pressure of time, many examinees who were frowning and thinking had to forcefully write to answer the questions.

Except for the eunuchs who are just flattering the current generation, the vast majority of the candidates who think they still have some integrity extend the "work" in the second question to the "Ministry of Industry". Although it is a bit off-topic, it is

This is the only way to avoid flattery.

But at this time, our Lin Pingzhi suddenly put down the sheep's hair in his hand. After carefully checking it several times, he confidently called the eunuchs standing around in the Fengtian Palace and handed over his answer sheet.

Then, he stood up, saluted again in the direction of the emperor's throne, and was led into the side hall next to him by the eunuch to rest according to the procedure.

On such an occasion as the Fengtian Palace, Lin Pingzhi was the first to hand in the paper, which was a rare move in advance in previous palace examinations. It instantly caused the eunuch party dignitaries who were being surrounded by people to listen outside the golden circle of the Wen Dao ritual vessel.

He was riding the horse while circling happily, observing the attention of the young Emperor Tianqi through the golden circle as he answered the question.

The emperor, whose appearance had been maintained in his youth due to some kind of life-extending elixir, waved his hand. Wei Zhongxian, who was following him, immediately smelled the fragrance and understood the elegant meaning, and asked the eunuch who had just put away Lin Pingzhi's paper to directly present it.

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According to the normal process, after the palace examination is completely completed, the scores will be reviewed by the ministers, and the top ten will be selected and submitted to the emperor for review. However, except for Li Biao, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, all the other ministers present hesitated to speak.

None of them took this kind of rule-breaking behavior seriously.

If this kind of behavior were placed in the Chongzhen Dynasty in the future, when "all the people are upright and prosperous", some "upright" ministers might have come forward to remonstrate with the emperor.

But in the Tianqi Dynasty where the eunuchs are rampant and the government is corrupt, it can only be said that it is the emperor's whim and the eunuchs gather together to cooperate with the basic operations and basic practices. Don't 6...

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