In a hidden garden in the capital, several figures gathered together again.
"What happened in Lingzhou is terrible! This bastard Pi Xiu is dead and happy, who will clean up the mess?"
"Isn't there still the father and son? It's inevitable that the people down there will make mistakes when they do something wrong. It's not worth getting so angry over them."
"Yeah, you and I, our useful bodies, haven't had a chance to enjoy it yet, are you venting your energy for them? Haha!"
Several people had different attitudes, but after communicating with each other, they felt relieved. No matter how big the matter was, it was nothing to them.
All they care about is the emperor's feet.
"By the way, that Chen Ping has some tricks up his sleeve. A teenage boy has such abilities. Should I say he is a good prospect, or should I say he will become our enemy in the future?"
"Ha! Why do you become more confused and timid as you get older? As a teenager, what if you win the Huiyuan?"
"Yes, you also said that in the future, after the palace examination, he will either enter the Hanlin Academy and study for another three years, or he will not observe government affairs in the six departments, or he will go to a local place and become a county magistrate. What threat will he pose to us?" p>
"Enemy, isn't this word too dismissive of him?"
"Yes, I am confused, but after all, he is a talent. Although he has messed up the matter in Lingzhou, as long as he is roped in, everything will be easy to talk about. He can't give it to the other side, right?"
"That's the truth. Just leave this matter to the Cheng family. Let's talk about it in the palace."
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The news of the opening of the imperial examination came very suddenly, and Chen Ping immediately made preparations after learning about it.
I don’t know if it was the previous feelings on the road or the excitement of the imperial examination, but in short, he has figured it out now.
Multiple choice questions? Why should I do multiple choice questions?
If you have to choose between emotion and success or failure, then I, Chen Ping, will choose them all!
Damn it, if you have scruples, there will be flaws. The more worries you have, the more flaws you will have. Damn it, the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit!
Is it still a human being without love or hatred? As for losing? Chen Ping looked through his dictionary, sorry, but couldn't find this word.
After putting on his brand new clothes, Chen Ping walked out of the room and followed the eunuch's guidance to the palace.
Seeing more and more candidates who had been on the list for the past three months gathering along the way, Chen Ping had a smile on his face. If it weren't for his ambition, he could have lived a decadent feudal life relying on Jiulong Hall and Tianxiang Pavilion.
Landlord life.
Instead of gambling with your life in the Colosseum in the capital like now.
But who said that participating in imperial party strife means risking one's wealth and life? Chen Ping questioned this "bad habit". People in the past may not have had much choice, but he was different.
Adhering to the concept of not making choices in everything, I want it all, Chen Ping felt it was necessary to give these ancients a little scientific shock.
"The situation in the capital has not deteriorated to the point where I could be killed at any time. What's more, while some people want me to die, there are also people who want me to live. This means that there are opportunities that can be manipulated."
"Dayu's technological level is not low, and gunpowder has even appeared. As long as I ask the craftsmen of Tianxiang Pavilion to speed up research and development, it will not be a big problem to produce a musket within a year. By then..."
Chen Ping is full of bad feelings now. In line with the idea that if I don't live well, you won't live well either. Chen Ping feels that if he doesn't show off his muscles to deter potential enemies, he may lose his life.
Furthermore, showing off muscles can also make potential allies realize their own value and bind them to themselves.
When everyone adds firewood, the flames will rise. The great teacher once said, unite all the forces that can be united!
After entering the palace, Chen Ping and other tributes were arranged to wait in the open space. No one here had ever experienced a palace examination, but everyone could guess that this palace examination might be different from the past.
It can be seen from the hurried state of the palace people that not only the palace examination process has been simplified, but even the examination school may be changed.
"Chen Huiyuan, this is..."
"But Chen Huiyuan? I..."
During the short period of waiting, many people came up to talk to Chen Ping. Most of them came to establish a relationship and become familiar with each other, and there were also some who wanted to test the tone.
Chen Ping always responded with a smile to these uninvited guys.
On the other hand, others would be eager to ask these guys who are about to be approved to become Jinshi to pay a tribute, let alone such an enthusiastic approach?
But he doesn't need it. This is not because Chen Ping is arrogant, but because he knows very well that these new Jinshi will not have any ability to affect the situation in the following events, let alone influence the situation of the court.
"Tsk, isn't it just that I won the first prize? It's not the first prize, so why should I be proud of it!"
"Shh, be careful if he hears it and will hate you and me."
"I heard that he secretly went to Lingzhou to investigate some smuggling case. I have never seen such an out-of-character tribute in my life, tsk tsk!"
A little noise reached his ears, but Chen Ping didn't take it seriously and waited quietly for the palace examination to begin.
It didn't take long before I heard a eunuch shouting in his unique duck voice: "Your Majesty has a decree to summon the tribute ministers from the spring of the eighteenth year of the Apocalypse to enter the palace!"
"Woo——!"
As the eunuch was summoned, a low trumpet sound sounded. Chen Ping, as the Huiyuan, was the first to step onto the steps, followed by more than 300 people, all of whom were the best scholars in the past three years.
At the end of the steps, Chen Ping raised his head and looked ahead. He saw a splendid palace standing between the sky and the earth. The square pillars were as thick as several people hugging each other. The top of the palace was covered with red glazed tiles, and at the end of the surrounding area were Chi kissing and spitting beads.
How luxurious!
At this moment, Chen Ping was a little dazed. It was not until he heard the eunuch urging him in a low voice that he apologized and walked into the palace.
If the outside of the palace is luxurious, then the inside of the palace is full of royal style.
The empty main hall is at least thousands of square meters in size according to visual inspection. However, in such a large place, there are only a few dozen people at the moment, and they are all palace maids, guards, and eunuchs. The real owner has not yet appeared.
After lining up in line according to the eunuch's instructions, Chen Ping swallowed and waited for the emperor's arrival.
After traveling through many years, this was the first time that he was going to see the emperor of the empire, Dayu, in person. If he said he wasn't excited, he would be lying.
Although Dayu is similar to the Song Dynasty, when it comes to civil and martial arts, Dayu is not someone who can easily defeat the Song Dynasty.
At least as far as the emperor is concerned, the Dayu Dynasty has gone through hundreds of years and several emperors, and there has never been a mediocre emperor. Today's Emperor Tianqi, the emperor of Dayu, is even more strategic. Otherwise, if there are thieves inside and barbarians outside, Dayu will
It has long since fallen apart.
"Your Majesty is here!"
Suddenly, the eunuch shouted and the more than 300 tributes present became nervous. Everyone lowered their heads and stretched out their clasped hands to welcome the emperor.
However, at this solemn moment, a cough suddenly appeared in the hall, but everyone did not dare to make any move, because the direction of the sound was pointed at the emperor!
Didn’t you say that His Majesty is about to recover from his illness? Why doesn’t this cough sound like he is about to recover?
Chen Ping thought with furrowed brows, thinking back to the doubts he had when he heard Cheng Cheng talk about this matter before, Chen Ping was sure that it was definitely not simple at this time.
"My dear friends, I am in peace."
"The country is in turmoil and national affairs are very difficult. I have postponed the imperial examination until now. I hope you will not have any complaints."
Emperor Tianqi was sitting on the dragon chair, with a haggard look on his face. His eyes scanned the tributes present, and finally fell on the leader, Chen Ping.
"This year's imperial examination for the eighteenth year of Tianqi, let's begin."