Lin Yanchao led more than 300 tribute soldiers, and in the morning light, they passed through the Daming Gate, Chengtian Gate, Duan Gate, and Meridian Gate, and arrived at Huangji Gate.

After walking for a long time, many people felt a layer of sweat from behind. The tribute scholars carried the test basket in their hands. After passing through the Huangji Gate, they saw the Huangji Hall standing in the distance. They followed one by one by the Zhongji Hall and the Jianji Hall, which were the three main halls of the outer court.

But seeing dozens of officials in front of the Dan Bi in Huangji Palace were already here. Lin Yanchao walked while looking at the officials wearing big red official robes, gold and silver belts, standing in front of the front, and even python robes and jade belts, he couldn't help but take a breath on the spot.

Damn, these are all important officials! At least there are deputy ministers, chief ministers, and vice-national states.

Either the Ge Lao or the Shangshu, the figures on the ground can shake three times by stomping their feet.

At this time, the imperial throne in front of Danbao Shangkong, but when he saw the big guys talking in a low voice, he would all turn his head and look at the Chinese Jinshi.

More than a dozen eyes swept over, and at this moment, many people's breathing stopped.

Feeling the authority of the big guys' eyes, the scholars were nervous, but at this moment, how many people were thinking that in decades, they could also wear this big red official robe, or even stand in front of the Danbao.

As for the big guys, they also remembered the green years they had when they participated in the palace examination. Perhaps some of these hundreds of candidates will be able to stand at their position today in the future, or even higher.

Lin Yanchao lowered his head slightly, but looked at the officials. Although he did not dare to stare at others, he could see the three officials in python robes and jade belts in front of him, looking at the Huangji Palace and talking to each other. The other ministers, the nine ministers and other important officials stood up in the center like stars holding the moon.

The three people talked and laughed occasionally, and Lin Yanchao recognized that the python robe official standing in the far right was his master Shen Shixing. The official on the far left spoke with his head tilted his head. His face and hands were as bright as bronze skin on his hands, and his eyes were very vivid. The conversation was mostly about him and the officials in the center.

His teacher Shen Shixing occasionally said a few words to make up the numbers. As for the rest of the Shangshu, they couldn't get into the conversation. They stood by and listened, and occasionally smiled.

Lin Yanchao guessed that the official standing on the left was probably the second assistant Zhang Siwei.

As for the tall and middle-aged official, he was the chief assistant Zhang Juzheng.

Thinking of seeing the first Ming Dynasty, Lin Yanchao couldn't help feeling uneasy. Zhang Siwei and Shen Shixing turned their heads and glanced at the tribute scholar behind him, but Zhang Juzheng was still looking at the Huangji Palace.

Then the palace music sounded, and everyone stood still, with a solemn expression.

A moment later, the emperor in yellow robe appeared, and everyone bowed and performed a bow. Wanli was above the high Dan Pai, and Lin Yanchao could not see it at all, and could not see the heavenly face.

At this time, Danbi shouted in a sharp voice: "Linxuan Face."

Lin Yanchao saw Zhang Juzheng, who was the chief minister, climbing up the steps and giving the sealed palace test paper from the emperor. He then placed it on the yellow table of Danbi, and then the deacon walked down the steps and distributed it to the tribute scholars.

The palace test paper is a piece of yellow paper. It is equivalent to the emperor's personal teachings. The tribute must kneel on the ground before he can receive it.

After Lin Yanchao and the tribute men received the scroll.

Officials from the Ministry of Rites said: "According to the examination ranking, the names are single in the east of the hall and two in the west of the hall, and each goes to the hall from the steps."

Lin Yanchao was the first in the imperial examination, and since he entered the hall on the east stairs, a single scholar following him into the Huangji Hall.

Huangji Hall is the first hall of the three major halls, and it is the place where the emperor received congratulations when he came to the court. Now there are small tables in the hall, which are only slightly taller than the kang. After the rule of the Mongolian Yuan, scholars from the Ming Dynasty were all used to sitting on chairs, and they had long forgotten about sitting.

After the scholars took their seats, everyone could only sit on the table and write articles. Some scholars with a short figure had to add stuff on the table, otherwise they would not be able to reach the papers.

However, you can choose your seat by yourself. Lin Yanchao walked into Huangji Hall first, but seeing that the hall was very strict and the lighting in the back row was not very good, he sat in the front row by himself.

The same is true for other scholars. The scholars who entered the examination room first sat in the front row together. Later, people refused to sit when they saw the darkness of the back row, and often sat on the front porch of the hall. Although the light here is good, it would be bad if the papers were dirty after being exposed to wind and rain.

The weather looks very good today, so there should be no worries about storms. The scholars took out the exam basket and placed the exam items on the table one by one.

Lin Yanchao sat down, with yellow velvet lichen on the mat and bamboo mat lined with bamboo mats. He sat quite comfortably.

At this moment, there was a silence in the hall. All the tribute students knew that they were worth a hundred times the price after the exam, so they all looked solemn.

The palace examination was the beginning of the first hour of the year, and no one dared to move before the time came. Although the deacon gave a pack of palace cakes to the scholar's table.

This palace cake also has its origin, called the Red Skin Cake, which is often given to Jinshi by Tang Yuchen. As for the tea room in the south courtyard in front of the palace, candidates can get water at any time. In general, the discipline of the palace examination is much looser than that of the imperial examination.

I think I know the reason. More than 5,000 people took the exam, while only more than 300 people took the palace exam, and seventy or eighty examiners were enough to follow.

At the beginning of the Chen hour, all the deacons retreated, and ten readers entered.

Looking at this red-robed python robe, there are three cabinet masters, five ministers, and two Hanlin masters in charge of the test. Such a golden lineup can kill everything in seconds!

Under the eyes of the Grand Secretary and Shangshu, he dares to cheat and teaches you how to be a human being in minutes.

"The exam starts!"

With a command, the scholars took out the paper paper from the paper bag to read the paper.

Lin Yanchao looked at the palace examination questions only tested the strategy questions, not the Four Books and Five Classics. The purpose of the strategy questions was to look at their political skills and determine the final ranking of the candidates.

There are two questions on the test paper, one is "use both hard and soft", and the other is "People report to the Prime Minister to invite talents from all over the world and consultants to visit guests in private."

According to the rules, candidates must answer each question with more than one thousand words. The book will be opened at the beginning of the year. When it is dark, give two candles, and the candle is extinguished and forced to help them out home.

If you take two questions a day, it depends on how you grasp it.

Lin Yanchao read the question, thought in his mind, then took out the test paper and wrote, "Lin Yanchao, the minister of Yingdian Examination, was 19 years old, a person from Houguan County, Fuzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province. He was a student from Yingbingzi's provincial examination in the Chinese style. Today, Yingdian Examination. The following will be the resumes of the three generations and the scriptures he has learned.

The test paper is made of seven-layer rice paper, which is very good and comfortable to write.

After writing the resume, the main text of the test paper is marked with a straight red line. There are eight openings in total, one opening and two sides. Each opening is twelve lines, and twenty-five words are allowed to be written in one line.
Chapter completed!