Traveling through the emperor, overthrowing the empress dowager at the beginning

The imperial examination lasted for three full days.

During these three days, although there were occasional disputes between the legitimate sons and the children of side branches of wealthy families in the examination hall, the overall situation was relatively peaceful.

The direct descendants of wealthy families have superior conditions and are generally more knowledgeable than those of poor families, so in their view, only the children of the family's side branches will pose a threat to them.

Three days later, the imperial examination was over.

In the Yangxin Palace, Su Fu and Yun Fuyao were busy marking the test papers.

Su Fu was wearing men's clothes, and her pretty face was full of concentration. She looked at each test paper carefully and exchanged a few words with Yun Fuyao from time to time.

Yun Fuyao was wearing a light yellow brocade dress, revealing her scholarly temperament. She held a red pen and carefully annotated the answers on the test paper.

After a long time, the two finally finished marking the test papers and presented the ones with the best scores to Ye Chen.

Ye Chen looked through them one by one, but gradually felt disappointed.

Most of these people who had good performance in the imperial examinations and were well-read only scored 50 or 60 points.

This is because Ye Chen was not only tested on state governance strategies, but also on some common sense and the overall national situation.

Almost all kinds of subjects were tested.

The purpose is to test the true abilities and knowledge of these candidates.

However, while the sons of wealthy families have some insights into lofty topics such as statecraft, they often make mistakes in common sense.

The opposite is true for children from poor families. They have common sense but lack the ability to govern the country.

As for the overall view, few people perform well.

Ye Chen sighed lightly and thought to himself: "It seems that finding real talents is not easy."

Just as he was about to select a few with decent grades to use later, Yun Fuyao suddenly came hurriedly with a test paper.

Ye Chen raised his eyes slightly, a hint of doubt in his eyes.

Yun Fuyao respectfully presented the essay and said, "Your Majesty, this paper has a very high score. Please review it."

Hearing this, Ye Chen took the test paper and his eyes were instantly attracted.

On the test paper, he was able to answer almost all the questions correctly on state governance strategies, and his analysis of the overall national situation was also very good, and his market common sense was also no problem.

This is a talent, this is definitely a talent!

Ye Chen was quite surprised. He looked at Yun Fuyao and asked, "Who is this person?"

Yun Fuyao bowed slightly and replied, "Your Majesty, this man is from a humble family, his name is Jia Ban."

Ye Chen was slightly stunned. This name seemed familiar.

He suddenly remembered that he had asked Shen Qiu to investigate before. The candidate who was pointed at and scolded by the old woman seemed to be called Jia Ban.

Is it really such a coincidence?

"Cheng En."

Ye Chen's steady voice sounded, and Cheng En beside him hurried forward, bowed respectfully and said: "What are your orders, Your Majesty?"

Ye Chen put the test paper down and said in a deep voice: "Go to Kunning Palace and inform the Queen Mother that I want to leave the palace."

"Old slave obeys the order."

At this moment, Ye Chen was thinking in his heart that he should really go and meet such a talented person. After all, what he lacked now was talent.

If you meet with Jia Ban as the emperor, he might be nervous and try to hide something or disguise himself.

But if you talk to them as an ordinary person, you can more truly understand their aspirations and character.

So Ye Chen stood up and asked someone to change him into ordinary people's clothes.

A moment later, Cheng'en came back to report.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has agreed to your leaving the palace."

Hearing this, Ye Chen nodded slightly and walked out of the Yangxin Palace.

Yun Fuyao still had to mark the test papers, so Ye Chen didn't bring his advisors with him this time.

He didn't wait long

A crisp sound of horse hooves came from far away.

Ye Chen looked over and saw Shen Qiu slowly approaching with a carriage.

At this moment, Shen Qiu was wearing red men's clothing. The bright color made her cool temperament more vivid and charming.

His long black hair is tied up, which makes him look more heroic.

She approached Ye Chen, bowed slightly, and said in a cold voice: "Your Majesty, the carriage is ready."

Ye Chen nodded slightly and got on the carriage. Shen Qiu also got on the carriage, and the carriage sped out of the city.

Along the way, Ye Chen was thinking about the various situations that would occur after meeting Jia Ban.

If this Jiaban is really talented.

There is only one candidate for those positions of Shangshu.

And just when Ye Chen was leaving the palace.

The largest restaurant in Beijing.

On the rooftop of Zuiyue Tower, a window was open and a beautiful woman was standing in front of it, looking out.

The woman was pure and clean in beauty, with a graceful figure, pretty face and a pair of bright and beautiful peach blossom eyes.

She exudes an air of wealth, yet also carries a bit of naiveté and savagery.

She has the temperament of a lady from a noble family.

If Ye Chen saw this girl, he would be surprised to find that her beauty was no less than Murong Yan and Su Mengjiao.

They are all extremely beautiful.

The woman looked at the scenery outside the window for a while, then suddenly put on a veil and covered her face with a veil.

A maid ran to the woman and said softly, "Miss, the private room is ready."

The woman nodded slightly.

"Let's go eat."

"By the way, I'll take a look at the scholars in the capital to see if there are any talents that I can use."

The woman looked around with a radiant look, her lips slightly raised, and turned to walk towards the door.