It's a pity that they all thought wrong.

In Jiang Zhao's mind, the young emperor of the Tianyu Dynasty might have succeeded to the throne too early, and the majesty of the king in him had not yet been cultivated.

But His Majesty the Emperor, who was sitting above, kept straightening his body, trying to show off his royal temperament.

However, in Jiang Zhao's view, there was still a bit of youthfulness and unskilledness in his exposed temperament.

As early as when Jiang Zhao first entered the Baohe Hall, the young emperor had been sizing her up.

Although there were rumors from the outside world that the top candidate in this year's examination was extremely young, the emperor who saw Jiang Zhao for the first time was still slightly shocked by Jiang Zhao's youth.

Although he had just ascended the throne, he had also followed his father to supervise the palace examination before.

Generally, those who top the list in the general examination are those who are younger than the weakest, and there are even fewer poor families who can pass the general examination.

Every time during the palace examination, one can easily tell which children are from poor families and which ones are from aristocratic families.

After all, children from aristocratic families have good educational resources and will not be too old when they pass the National Examination. However, children from poor families have to worry about studying all year round. By the time they pass the National Examination, their hair may be gray, so it is still very difficult.

Easy to identify.

Now that the emperor saw that Jiang Zhao was already packing his things, he couldn't help but curiously asked: "Jiang Zhao, you stopped writing and packed up, but the strategy has been completed?"

As soon as the emperor's voice sounded, the candidates below who were still scratching their heads and thinking about their decisions all raised their heads and looked at Jiang Zhao.

They didn't have any idea about this strategy discussion, but Jiang Zhao had already finished it.

For a moment, everyone looked at Jiang Zhao with eyes filled with envy and jealousy.

These eyes fell on Jiang Zhao, but Jiang Zhao did not react at all.

He stood up calmly and calmly, bowed his hands to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the student has finished answering the questions."

Candidates who take part in the palace examination are all disciples of the emperor, so they can call themselves students when facing the emperor.

Hearing Jiang Zhao's answer, the emperor's eyes lit up: "Okay, he deserves to be the youngest person to top the examination since the founding of the Tianyu Dynasty."

"Show me your strategy."

The palace supervisor who was waiting on the side led the waiter, Wei Chengyun hurried down and presented Jiang Zhao's paper to the table for the emperor to see.

The emperor looked down and saw the four characters "military merit and nobility".

These four characters slightly aroused the young emperor's interest, and he looked down impatiently, wanting to know what the military merit system was.

Jiang Zhao's policy statement only contained more than 200 words, and the emperor scanned the entire article with just two eyes.

The originally calm expression on his face gradually became serious.

When I saw the end, I couldn't help but pick up the question paper with my hands and continue to reread it.

I just watched it back and forth ten times.

"Good! Good! Good! What a military meritocracy!"

The emperor held Jiang Zhao's strategy in his hand, as if he had found a treasure, and said three good words in succession.

The candidates below all looked at the question paper in his hand. At this moment, they all wished they had a pair of clairvoyant eyes and could see Jiang Zhao's strategy through the question paper.

At the same time, their hearts were filled with fear. Before any of them started writing, Jiang Zhao had already finished writing and received the emperor's praise. Only a stick of incense had passed before the imperial examination began.

How is this possible?

What strategy did Jiang Zhao write?

Not only the candidates, but also the several bachelors and several highly respected ministers who were invigilating the examination were curiously looking at the strategy in the hands of the emperor.

I don't know what strategy could make the emperor so careless about the king's manners.

Prime Minister Du Yuan stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, can you please wait and see?"

The emperor shook his head, now was not the time for them to read this policy statement.

Although this policy paper is about how to increase military strength, the actual core is to weaken noble families.

If one were to take a look inside this hall, I'm afraid it would turn into a court in an instant, and several ministers would start to quarrel with each other again.

He carefully put Jiang Zhao's strategy into his sleeve to prevent it from being damaged and from being peeped by others.

Then the emperor stood up and said: "Jiang Zhao, since you have finished answering the policy statement, please follow me for a walk."

After that, the emperor stood up and walked out of Baohe Hall first.

Although the palace examination required the emperor to personally invigilate the examination, the emperors in the past dynasties only showed their faces at the beginning of the palace examination, and then showed their faces again at the end of the day when the papers were collected.

Jiang Zhao, whose name was called by the emperor, felt a little baffled, but he still got up and followed the emperor.

All the students looked at Jiang Zhao's leaving figure. Every one of them, except Si Mubai, looked livid, and at the same time they felt a little disgusted in their hearts.

Even though they knew in their hearts that Jiang Zhao was more talented than them, they thought that they were not much different from Jiang Zhao, it was just a matter of millimeters.

Especially Jing Huarong, their expressions were extremely gloomy.

He regretted that he did not prevent Jiang Zhao from participating in the examination.

He originally wanted to take action that day, but Jiang Zhao ranked first in the general examination, had attracted the emperor's attention, and was about to take part in the palace examination. As the prince of Zhenguo, it was difficult for him to take action.

Taking action in Kyoto Prefecture that day was already a big risk, and later ordered the entire city's inns not to allow Jiang Zhao and others to stay.

If all this were to be known to the Prime Minister's Mansion, the old enemy of the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion, I'm afraid it would inevitably lead to an incident in the court.

Fortunately, he now has a trump card in his hand. Even if he does not get into the top three in this imperial examination, he can still make the emperor reuse him.

Prime Minister Du Yuan glanced at his son Du Yuebin. Seeing that Du Yuebin's expression was as usual, he nodded slightly with satisfaction.

But what he didn't see was the ferocious look on Du Yuebin's face the moment Jiang Zhao left with the emperor, which made several candidates around him feel fearful.

The several bachelors and scoring ministers sitting above were all doubtful.

But the remaining candidates still had to continue the palace examination. Prime Minister Du Yuan said loudly: "You candidates, continue the palace examination."

Over there, Jiang Zhao, who was called away by the emperor, walked with the emperor on the palace road.

Occasionally, several eunuchs or maids passed by the roadside and saluted the emperor.

The two of them walked along the palace road, and neither of them spoke.

Jiang Zhao was half a step behind the emperor and looked at the young majesty with wrong eyes.

I think the genes of the royal family are all good, so the child born to His Majesty is also rich and handsome, with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes.

But think about it, even if the emperor's genes are not good, after generations of beautiful concubines, the genes will not be much different.

This emperor's appearance is comparable to that of Si Mubai.

However, one of them has the majesty of an emperor, with a serious look on his body, while the other has an air of immortality and is suave.

Just when Jiang Zhao was thinking wildly, the Emperor, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke.


Chapter completed!