If the emperor is satisfied with the test question, he will nod and the ceremony will continue. If he is not satisfied, he will ask the question himself on the spot. There is only one strategy question in the imperial examination, so it is easy to ask the question on the spot.

The deacon took the examination questions out of the palace and placed them on the altar table in front of the royal road.

The master of ceremonies shouted again: "Bye..."

The new tribute minister bowed five times and kowtowed three times to the test paper...

Dongming Ziyu's dynasty didn't do this, so why kowtow to a test paper?

After kowtowing three times and standing up, the master of ceremonies announced the end of the ceremony and whipped him three more times. The music played loudly and the salutes were fired. Everyone bowed five times and kowtowed three times. Then, the officials left and the guards brought the tables and set them up.

Under the leadership of the guards, the Gongsheng students walked to their seats and sat down. The deacon handed out the papers. After giving out the papers, they followed the order and answered the questions.

Dongming Ziyu, as Huiyuan, was seated in the front row of the palace. He secretly glanced at the lofty emperor and felt a little disappointed.

He is a fifty-year-old man with an ordinary appearance, quite thin, with a goatee, and gray hair on the temples. His skin is not white, but darker than wheat. I don't know, but I don't see him very often in the palace.

The sun, why is it so dark?

He was not sitting upright on the dragon chair like he did back then, but leaning lazily on the armrest, with an expression like the old man next door, observing the reactions of all the tributes amiably. However, his small eyes were shining brightly.

The author's coercion emanates unconsciously.

Dongming Ziyu only glanced at the emperor secretly, and then began to examine the topic: talking about saving military expenses.

This problem is too tricky. No dynasty can save on military expenditures, otherwise they will only be beaten. The savings here must not be a reduction in military expenditures in the true sense, but to reduce the pressure on the Ministry of Household Affairs and at the same time not treat soldiers harshly.

He is very familiar with this issue!

First of all, troops are stationed on the border to support the troops. They train in the morning and farm in the afternoon. Or they set up soldiers to farm and take up weapons to go to the battlefield during peacetime farming and war. This reduces the cost of food transportation and the loss of food on the road. You know, transporting food

To the frontier, the people in the transportation team alone would consume half of the horse chews.

Secondly, establish armament warehouses and factories in various places to store food, military uniforms, weapons, etc., and allocate them to the nearest place when needed. Instead of allocating them from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War in the capital, which takes a long time, fails to respond in time, and wastes manpower, material and financial resources.

transportation.

Then, one supplier of military supplies cannot be designated and not changed easily. Several merchants should compete, and whoever has a reasonable price and good quality should be used. Bid once every year or every few years, and if problems are found in the middle, they can be replaced at any time.

In addition, he also mentioned simplifying the process of distributing military pay, with as few human hands as possible in the process. He also mentioned the supervision and management of military pay, military expenditures and supplies, and the strict control of the number of soldiers to reduce the situation of empty pay, etc.

There are many, and the writing is very detailed, but due to space reasons, no specific measures are listed.

When the exam ended in the evening, the Gongsheng students still left the palace through Yemen after handing in their papers. Shangguan Ruoli and Dalang were already waiting in the carriage.

When Dongming Ziyu saw his carriage, he walked quickly, got on the carriage, entered the space, and relieved himself!

Although there was a court room in the palace, people usually did not have to go to the toilet during palace examinations. He was so tired that he almost had a seizure. Without saying a word, he first took care of his three emergencies.

Dalang is driving outside. He can't always stay in the space. After solving the problem, he leaves the space.

Shangguan Ruoli handed him a glass of honey and wolfberry water, "Drink some water first, then eat when you go back."

Dongming Ziyu took the cup and drank it, sighing happily, "This imperial examination is really torture. Six hours without eating, drinking or relieving yourself is really tough."

Shangguan Ruoli smiled and whispered: "When you were sitting on the Dragon Throne for the Gongsheng Palace Examination, you never expressed such emotion."

Dongming Ziyu said helplessly: "Now and then, if I can go back, I have to simplify the procedures for the palace examination. It's too cumbersome."

When they got home, Mrs. Qian and Mr. Dong were impatient and wandering around the gate.

Wu Wenhui was waiting at the second door with Little Dalang in her arms. When she saw them coming back, she smiled and said, "We're back, the food is ready."

No one asked how the exam went, and they happily prepared to eat.

Dongming Ziyu first changed his clothes, washed his hands and face, and drank shrimp porridge one night before he felt alive.

Mrs. Qian gave him a piece of pork ribs and asked curiously: "Si'er, have you seen the emperor?"

Dongming Ziyu said: "I saw it."

Mrs. Qian was excited, "What does the emperor look like? Is he as majestic as the opera said?"

"Yes! Tell me quickly!" Old Man Dong looked in awe and even put down his chopsticks.

Dalang, Wu Wenhui, Ling Yue and Wulang also looked at Dongming Ziyu with bright eyes.

Dongming Ziyu: "..."

Can he say that the emperor is an ordinary-looking old man? He is still sitting up, leaning crookedly on the dragon throne?

He coughed slightly and said: "I didn't dare to look directly at the holy face, so I glanced at it secretly, without seeing the specific appearance. He was quite thin, with a beard, and was wearing a dragon robe. The dragon robe was not the bright yellow one on the stage.

It’s black with red as the main color.”

Mrs. Qian was a little disappointed, "I think the dragon robe is not yellow and not... powerful enough."

Old Man Dong nodded in agreement.

Out of respect for the emperor, everyone did not continue to discuss the emperor's image, and it was not easy to ask Dongming Ziyu how he did in the exam. They all ate quickly and dispersed after eating, letting Dongming Ziyu, who had been tired for a day, rest quickly.

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Dongming Ziyu was indeed a little tired. He got up at four o'clock in the morning and was highly concentrated all day long, so he just wanted to lie down for a while.

After turning off the lights, he and Shangguan Ruoli entered the space.

Shangguan Ruoli had already prepared hot water for him, "Take a hot bath to relieve fatigue."

Dongming Ziyu took her hand and said, "You are tired today, let's take a bath together."

Shangguan Ruoli lightly slapped his hand, chuckled, and said, "I still have time to fool around, and it looks like I'm not tired yet."

Dongming Ziyu took off his clothes three times, soaked in the hot water, and let out a pleasant sigh: "It doesn't take long to actually answer the questions, it's so stressful!"

After taking a bath, I was relieved from fatigue, but my energy became high again, so I simply took my wife with me and did some exercises before going to bed.

In the end, both of them were tired and soon fell asleep hugging each other.

Early the next morning, Gu Lingyun came to the door. He had already written down his answer sheet silently, and asked Dongming Ziyu to go with him to show Su Daru. Although he was the last person, he was sick because of catching a cold. He couldn't fall short in the imperial examination.

Top three, right?

He didn't know why three hundred people were making trouble, so he wanted Su Daru to evaluate his article.

Dongming Ziyu didn't write the paper silently, but he went with him.

Shangguan Ruoli took a basket of fruits and two boxes of snacks from the space, and gave them a pot of orchids on the windowsill.

In the palace, the marking of papers has already begun.

The emperor did not participate in the early review of the papers. He should go to court when it was time to go to court, review the papers when reviewing papers, and discuss matters when they should be discussed.
Chapter completed!