For officials, walking around the examination room with hands behind their backs feels like playing in the world and strolling around, which makes them feel novel and interesting.
But for the candidates, it is not an ordinary pressure.
The people who can stand and wander around here are not only the patrol examiners, but also the high-ranking officials who came with the emperor to supervise the exams. Moreover, even the patrol examiners are still officials. Their rank is above the seventh rank, and their status is far higher than them.
These white people.
This group of people wandered around the entire examination room, walking around, and they were particularly likely to stop and watch some candidates' writing, watching them do questions, and watching them write articles, which made many people feel uncomfortable.
The good candidates were so devastated that they wanted them to leave, but they didn't dare to act rashly and could only endure it.
Let alone others, there was an official wearing high-ranking official attire standing next to Zhuge Jun. He lowered his head and looked at his paper, not knowing what he was looking at - could it be that my handwriting is good, and this official
Master is admiring my calligraphy?
Huh? He seems to be smiling?
Where did I write it wrong?
Huh? Why is he shaking his head?
Did I write something wrong somewhere?
where?
where?
Zhuge Jun felt really broken when he experienced this kind of thing for the first time.
The pressure accumulated little by little, and the accumulation speed was very fast. Soon some people couldn't hold it any longer, and began to wipe sweat, rub their eyes, and rub their legs, trying every means to calm themselves down, and at the same time praying to those dignitaries.
Don't stand next to yourself and watch yourself answer questions.
The question was originally very difficult and required a lot of time to calculate, but in the end they were still standing next to them and watching.
Yaoshou.
If this is the case for ordinary candidates, then as the focus of the entire venue, the candidates in the first row closest to the emperor can be said to have the greatest pressure in the entire venue.
This exam is arranged in order according to the results of the selected exams. The top 20 students are the 20 students with the highest scores.
Zhuge Liang happened to be in the middle position, sitting next to Pang Tong and Lu Yi at the next table. When the exam just started, Zhuge Liang lowered his head and started answering questions silently, without caring about other things.
After entering a state, Zhuge Liang's mental power was very concentrated, and he didn't care much about what was happening. Anyway, as long as he could ensure his safety, nothing else mattered.
After finishing all the questions with standard answers at the front, Zhuge Liang breathed a sigh of relief, twisted his neck, and then noticed someone standing next to him.
Um?
Isn't this His Majesty the Emperor?
Why is he standing next to me?
Zhuge Liang raised his head and saw Liu Bei looking at him with very gentle eyes.
"Me...Your Majesty?"
"Leave me alone and answer your questions. I'm just taking a look."
Liu Bei smiled and said to Zhuge Liang: "Concentrate and don't get distracted."
Looking at Liu Bei's gentle face, Zhuge Liang could only take a deep breath, forcefully control his emotions, and get himself into a normal state.
To be honest, it's a bit difficult.
Although the experience of living in a chaotic environment during his childhood and adolescence gave him a certain degree of tempering and made him have a very good psychological quality, he must also distinguish between people, time and place.
In his hometown, when faced with threats from the Yellow Turban Army and bandits, Zhuge Liang was still able to stabilize himself out of trust in his elders.
But when he was in the palace, facing the legendary Emperor, he really couldn't hold himself tight and it was really hard to control his emotions.
Although he knew that this was necessary, the shock that His Majesty the Emperor brought to him was so strong that he could even hear his own heartbeat clearly.
Not only him, but also Lu Yi and Pang Tong next to him. They were just a little better, but they were also very close to Liu Bei, so they were also very nervous.
Seeing that Zhuge Liang seemed to be really unable to hold on, Liu Bei shook his head and smiled, without putting too much pressure on the young Zhuge Liang. He turned and walked aside to look at Pang Tong's paper.
Pang Tong was writing the topic of the policy paper. Liu Bei stood next to him. When he lowered his head, he saw that Pang Tong's pen was not steady for a moment. The word "war" suddenly floated out, which made Pang Tong very nervous.
Liu Bei reached out and patted Pang Tong on the shoulder in a funny manner.
"You're so nervous when I haven't done anything? Am I that scary? Relax, don't pay attention to me, I'm just reading what you wrote."
With that said, Liu Bei wandered over to Lu Yi again and looked at Lu Yi's answer sheet.
Lu Yi was calculating a relatively complicated mathematical problem on the transportation of food and fodder for the army. When he saw Liu Bei coming, he took a deep breath and forcefully told himself not to be nervous. He tried to maintain the calculation state, but it was obvious that the effect of his autosuggestion was
It was not good. As soon as Liu Bei stood next to him, his thinking began to become confused.
But this was actually not the first time Lu Yi met Liu Bei.
He had been taken care of by Liu Bei a long time ago and entered Sili Academy to study. Liu Bei would go to Taixue and Sili Academy to inspect the schools whenever he had time. He also liked to give speeches to students, saying that if some young people are strong, the country will be strong.
Content like this is very popular among students.
Sometimes, he even gave lectures in person, explaining some political and military contents to the students, and also explained some contents on Confucian classics that he was familiar with. He would also eat in the cafeteria with the students and express themselves.
Be very kind and gentle.
Because of these things, the students in Taixue and Sili Academy were no strangers to Liu Bei and had a very deep impression of him.
Lu Yi was grateful for Liu Bei's care for their family and for allowing him to take his younger brother to study at Sili Academy. When Liu Bei visited Sili Academy, he met Liu Bei to express his gratitude and received Liu Bei's relief and praise.
, encourage him to work hard to learn knowledge and serve the country in the future.
This is indeed his goal and his dream. Now when the road to his dream is about to reach a critical point, his important benefactor actually stands aside and watches. This...
So nervous!
Seeing Lu Yi lowering his head and writing and drawing on the calculation paper, Liu Bei knew that maybe his sense of presence was too strong and he could not stay next to a candidate for a long time, otherwise he would be nothing to these young people.
Good thing.
So he walked around again, walking around the top twenty candidates, and found that their psychological quality was not excellent at least at this moment.
In comparison, Zhuge Liang, who can still write articles, is already the best.
When Xu Fu saw Liu Bei coming, he couldn't write anything. When Shi Tao saw Liu Bei coming, his pen fell to the ground. When Lu Su saw Liu Bei coming, his nervous body began to tremble.
Sima Yi was a little better, but Liu Bei also found that he was constantly inhaling, exhaling, inhaling, and exhaling, as if he wanted to calm down and continue answering the questions. Then, he really started to resume answering the questions.
Yes, this guy is quite a bit like the King of Gou Kings.
At a young age, he has a very good ability to control his emotions. This is something that many people cannot control in their lifetime, but Sima Yi can do it. It is conceivable that this may also be a kind of talent.
Sima's ability to win was not only because the second and third generations were more powerful, but also because Sima Yi himself was able to survive. His experience was a very powerful proof of the fact that surviving to the end is considered a victory.
As long as the enemies are dead and you are still alive, it is a victory, not even a victory but a victory.
No matter how strong you Zhuge Liang is, can you live as long as me?
no?
Liu Bei felt that everyone around him should learn from Sima Yi's mentality. Even if he could not fully learn it, he should try to control his emotions. Sometimes, people's emotions can really affect the health of the body.
Am I really that terrible?
Liu Bei felt helpless and could only shake his head and walk away. Then he returned to Zhuge Liang and watched Zhuge Liang write an article.
This time Liu Bei found that Zhuge Liang's writing had not stopped and he was still writing vigorously, even if he was standing next to him. This made Liu Bei a little curious and a little happy. He looked down and found that Zhuge Liang was opening up Jiaozhou.
Answer that question.
After standing next to him and watching for a while, Liu Bei raised the corner of his mouth and felt that Zhuge Liang's writing was quite interesting.
Regarding the matter of opening up Jiaozhou, Zhuge Liang believed that it was correct. There was no problem with the imperial court's strategy. It was entirely possible to open up Jiaozhou as long as the imperial court had spare power.
However, the imperial court needed to take into account the huge amount of materials, money and manpower required to open up Jiaozhou, and make proper plans to extend the time to open up Jiaozhou, so as to reduce the overall pressure of integrating the Han Empire.
As long as the time is extended long enough, the financial pressure on the Han Empire will not be great, but if you are so happy about your success and want to forcibly develop Jiaozhou in a short period of time, it will only cause unnecessary tragedies.
At this point, Zhuge Liang quoted Wang Mang's tragedy.
He believes that many of Wang Mang's policies are somewhat interesting. If they are promoted slowly and logically, one by one, and each policy can be fully prepared like today, it will not be betrayed and abandoned by the people of the world.
It's a pity that he didn't. He pushed forward too hastily and arbitrarily many policies that required a long time of foreshadowing and preparation before they could be implemented, so that the people of the world did not have time to adapt to the new situation. What was originally a good thing turned into a fatal evil when it fell into place.
politics.
He is too proud and arrogant.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang hoped that the court would learn from Wang Mang's failure experience and not make rash advances, but make detailed and thorough plans, advance step by step, complete one plan in a cycle, promote development in a planned way, strictly implement the plan, and do not destroy the plan.
Time, the most important thing is time, and the concentration that goes with time is also very important.
Soon, Zhuge Liang wrote more than a thousand words eloquently. The words were concise and to the point, and there were references to historical materials. This scroll was already very large, but it was still filled to the brim. If the number of words had not been limited, Zhuge Liang might have written a long essay.
.
After finishing writing this article, Zhuge Liang breathed a sigh of relief. In the blink of an eye, he saw a man standing next to him. When he raised his head, well, His Majesty the Emperor was looking at him with very gentle eyes again.
This feeling...
Why is it that his brother Zhuge Jin looked at me so much when he was sick?
Ah this...
Have I known His Majesty the Emperor before?
Have we met?
Zhuge Liang is a bit incompetent.
Fortunately, Liu Bei didn't do anything. He smiled, turned around, looked at Pang Tong's paper, and went to torture others instead of staring at Zhuge Liang and torturing him alone.
As time passed slowly, no matter how dull the candidates were, they realized how difficult this exam was.
Not only has the difficulty of the questions increased, but more importantly, the pressure in my heart has continued to increase, especially after the emperor himself personally inspected the field, this pressure became even greater.
That is the emperor, the king of kings, the lord of the four seas, the supreme king of the world, the emperor who came from a humble background but rose to the top. He is so powerful that no one dares to resist. Such a powerful ruler stands in front of him and looks at him.
Answer the question yourself, this...
Can you not be nervous?
Many candidates are not very nervous at first, but when they see someone standing next to them, they start to get nervous, their thinking is not so active and stable, they start to panic, and they are not very nervous about the whole process of answering questions.
Under such circumstances, two hours later, at noon, the Jun's Examination officially ended. The first imperial examination of the Han Empire officially came to an end. All candidates stopped writing, and the inspection examiners took away the examination papers. Then they did not leave, but the Emperor
Give a banquet, and reward all candidates with a meal worthy of the emperor.
However, it is difficult to say whether they ate happily and relaxedly or had a heavy meal. Many candidates looked at the people around them with a grimace. If they found that the other person had the same grimace as themselves, they would look at each other and smile bitterly.
If the other person is smiling and relaxed, then don't turn around and curse the bastard for failing the exam.
Pang Tong looked at Zhuge Liang and asked him how he did in the exam. Zhuge Liang smiled and shook his head.
Did he do poorly in the exam?
Pang Tong felt that even if Zhuge Liang failed the exam, it was normal, because during the exam, the emperor himself had been around them for at least an hour, stopping frequently to read their answers, which brought them great psychological pressure.
, Pang Tong felt that he was performing a little abnormally.
Although in principle Junkao does not allow for dismissal, what should you do if you really do poorly in the exam and are dismissed?
Do you want to return to your hometown in Jingzhou in despair?
No. Before setting off, I had already boasted to my family and Mr. Sima Shuijing. I had already said that I would not return to my hometown in Jingzhou if I could not get the top prize but still get the top three.
If you don't pass the exam, how can you have the nerve to go back?
Pang Tong began to worry and worry...
Lu Yi felt pretty good. He felt that he had obtained all the points he deserved. The policy discussion also closely adhered to the core of Jiade Tongyi. He criticized the emperor and his policies vigorously and would not get low scores no matter what.
In his opinion, there are not many students who can closely grasp the core content of Jiade Tongyi and get key points. There are also very few students who have studied the full text of Jiade Tongyi as carefully as he has, and invited Lu Kang, the elder of the family, to
Giving instructions for him.
Can a senior official have the same information as an ordinary student?
After Lu Kang's instructions and guidance, Lu Yi felt that he was more confident about Dahan's future development.
With such confidence, Lu Yi and Zhuge Liang looked at each other with smiles, said nothing more, and waited for the meal to be served.
The Emperor was on the throne, so they did not dare to say anything. Fortunately, the meals seemed to have been prepared. With an order, many attendants came to the main square carrying food boxes that were exactly the same as those used in the previous examinations to serve meals to the students.
The difference from before is that there was a box containing rice and vegetables, but this time, there is a separate box of dishes, a separate box of rice, and then a box of soup. The dishes are more abundant than before, and the quantity is smaller.
Bigger and more gorgeous.
Good guy, when the emperor gives a banquet, it must be food prepared by the royal chef with special skills. Why don't you eat it quickly?
The candidates who had exhausted their brains to answer the questions smelled the tempting aroma of the food. They could not care whether they were happy or disappointed for a moment. They quickly lowered their heads and started cooking.
On the high platform, Liu Bei also had a meal with the accompanying officials and attendants. They ate the same lunch boxes as the candidates.
"Thank you for your hard work. The meal is simple, but it will definitely fill you up. You can eat to your heart's content."
After Liu Bei said this, he sat down and took the lead in cooking. Guo Jia, Zheng Xuan and others accompanying him also shook their cheeks and started cooking. For a time, eating became the mainstream, and everything else was incidental.
The life of the upper classes in the Third Reich was so unpretentious and boring.