It was noon and the sun was shining brightly. The palace examination was still being held in the square in front of Huangji Palace.

The rules of this palace examination are different from those of the imperial examination.

The imperial examination is three games in nine days, with more than ten articles in total, and some tricky questions will appear.

The palace examination is a question every day, and this question is a relatively simple current policy.

The reason why the difference between this palace examination and the imperial examination is so big is mainly because the purpose of the imperial examination and the palace examination is different.

The imperial examination requires selecting talents through various test questions, so it is more strict.

The palace examination asked these talents to try their best to write a beautiful article in front of the emperor, so it was relatively relaxed.

Candidates in the exam may also cheat because there are too many questions and they will be eliminated if they fail the exam.

The palace examination is different. Anyway, there is only one question, and this question only determines the ranking of the gold list. As long as the article is done in a proper manner and not outrageously, there will be basically a fame and honor in Jinshi.

In this case, it is basically unlikely that candidates cheat.

It is possible for the examiner to cheat.

However, examiners have to wait for the exam to check the papers. During the exam, they are under the emperor's nose. Who dares to cheat?

At this time, Taichang did not make any strange moves anymore, because he had already received the news that the hot air balloon was rushing here smoothly, and his heart was already relieved.

Next, I will give these candidates a big surprise.

As for the articles these candidates have made, to be honest, he doesn't care much.

Because it is enough to have a peerless genius like Fang Yizhi among the class of candidates.

Other candidates have passed the college entrance examination, provincial examination, and college entrance examination, so they have a little ability, and it is definitely not a problem to be an official.

He also believed that the officials in charge of the review of the papers such as Xu Guangqi and Bi Maokang would not cheat because there was no need to affect the ranking of candidates, and even if they got the top scorer, it would not be of much significance to them.

So, he felt quite relaxed at this moment, and he even had the leisure to observe the situation in the exam room.

The square in front of Huangji Hall is indeed big enough. It usually looks a bit empty when thousands of officials from Beijing come to the morning court.

However, more than two thousand small tables were placed, almost filling the entire square in front of Huangji Palace.

In order to make room, the curtains that were covered with wind were even removed.

In order not to affect the candidates' viewing of the hot air balloons in the sky, the huge ceiling has also been removed.

At this moment, the entire Huangji Palace Square is full of neat pillars and densely packed with candidates, which looks quite spectacular.

Question, what if the admission scale of Gongshi is bigger?

Although there are more than 3,000 small tables in the square in front of Huangji Hall, the candidates cannot be too close to them.

I really have to consider this issue. If the Ming Dynasty continues to develop like this, it is not impossible to get three thousand or even four thousand Jinshi at a time.

He was frowning and pondering, and Wang Chengen suddenly came up and whispered: "Your Majesty, it's not time yet. Do you want to eat something?"

Uh, is it all the time unknowingly?

He had just been concerned about hot air balloons, so he didn't feel hungry. After Wang Chengen said this, he immediately felt that his stomach seemed to be empty in an instant, and he was really a little hungry.

In fact, you can eat during this palace examination. Not only can he eat, but the candidates can eat too.

However, in order not to leave a bad impression on the emperor, candidates generally do not eat during the palace examination.

Anyway, it only took a few hours, and it would pass after enduring.

Ten years of hard work have been passed, and several years or even more than ten years of hard work have been passed. What are these few hours?

Therefore, candidates generally don’t bring food during the palace examination.

Taichang looked up and saw Fang Yizhi in the middle of the left head.

This kid is a peerless genius, don't be too hungry.

He thought about it, but stood up and walked slowly towards the Imperial Road.

The emperor actually got up and inspected!

Seeing this, the candidates quickly pressed the manuscript paper under the blank paper that was a bit messy.

They all thought that the emperor would not come down to inspect today.

After all, most of the day had passed, and the emperor seemed to have gotten up and went out for a trip, and he sat there and didn't move at other times.

Unexpectedly, the emperor suddenly got up and patrolled again.

I dare not see this messy manuscript for the emperor. Whenever the emperor frowned, the examiner next to him would remember it in his heart.

The candidates were carefully concealing it, but Taichang slowly walked to Fang Yizhi, looked at it for a few times, then bent down, and asked in a low voice: "Mizhi, Ele.m?"

Fang Yizhi couldn't help but laugh and cry when he heard this.

Master, what are you doing?

During the palace examination, everyone didn’t eat anything, and I ate alone, wouldn’t that be the target of public criticism!

You must not send any food to you.

He could only shake his head slightly, then whisper: "Thank you, the student is not hungry."

OK, just hold on.

Taichang sighed slightly, then turned around and walked up the steps.

As for how Fang Yizhi answered, there is no need to see that he is absolutely amazing and the best in the world.

Because he had already told others about the palace examination questions and also gave them some details.

He introduced the lights, motors, and telegraphs in detail to others, and even telephones, televisions, computers, etc. He also described them roughly.

I believe Fang Yizhi has long known what this electricity will develop when applied. The articles he made may even be shocked by Xu Guangqi and Bi Maokang.

This science top scorer must be the one who belongs.

The reason why he did this was mainly because he didn't want Fang Yizhi to waste too much time preparing for the palace examination, because he was in a hurry to ask others to develop the telegraph machine.

The other candidates naturally didn't know the "trick" between him and Fang Yizhi.

Everyone thought the emperor was going to come down to inspect it. Who would have thought that the emperor would come down to see the science and science meritorious person and then turned around.

Taichang sat back on the dragon throne and thought about it, but still didn't go to eat.

If you are hungry, just be hungry. Anyway, it's only two hours.

There is a highlight to be performed next. He thinks carefully about how to act this drama well.

At about a moment in Shenshi, news finally came from the last observation point of Tonghui River that the hot air balloon was less than ten miles away from the capital.

At this time, Taichang stood up and said aloud: "Okay, if you haven't finished writing, hurry up and write. In two quarters of an hour, I will show you something good."

Well, what are the good things to see in this official palace examination?

In fact, all the candidates have written the article almost exactly.

After all, there is only one question in this palace examination, and they have been writing it for five hours.

Some candidates just haven’t copied the answer sheets neatly with the written articles.

The emperor had spoken, so naturally everyone did not dare to neglect it. All the candidates who did not copy the answer sheet and wrote it carefully.

Although this eight-legged essay is difficult to write, one article can only be a few hundred words at most. After writing it, it is still very quick to copy it.

In less than two quarters of an hour, almost all the candidates put down their comparison and knelt respectfully, looking at their noses and their noses, as if they had entered a state of meditation.

This means, Master, we have written it and take out any good things!

Taichang naturally couldn't find a hot air balloon.

However, at this time, bursts of exclamations were faintly heard from afar.

This proves that Cheng Jiashuo has already driven a hot air balloon into the sky above the capital.

He stood up directly, took out his already prepared telescope and swept it to the southeast sky.

Soon, he found the huge hot air balloon.

At this time, the hot air balloon was probably less than two miles away from the palace. Cheng Jiashuo was holding a telescope and carefully directing the Jinyiwei master above to lower the height.

In order to let these candidates see clearly, he had to lower the hot air balloon to about thirty feet.

Fortunately, there are no buildings in the capital of Daming at this time, so it is not a big problem for him to fly at such a low altitude.

Not long after, Cheng Jiashuo drove a hot air balloon to the vicinity of the palace. Moreover, when he was searching for the location of the Huangji Palace with his telescope, he happened to see Taichang staring at him with a telescope.

How should I say hello to the emperor?

He was stunned for a moment as if he had been imposed on a fixed body.

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help but smile, then raised his hand and waved it at him.

Seeing this, Cheng Jiashuo quickly raised his hand and waved it hard.

What is the emperor doing? He actually waved to the sky. Could it be that he was greeting the gods in the sky?

All the candidates felt a little inexplicably.
To be continued...