The whole family travels through the book, the plot is broken but the characters are not

The palace was very large. Han Qingyun followed the formation and it took him an hour to reach Baohe Hall.

After you sit down according to your seat number, officials will distribute the test papers.

The candidates who were able to pass the examination were all experienced and had already thoroughly understood the process of the palace examination.

After receiving the test paper, no one started writing right away. They all considered carefully before picking up the pen...

At the back of the hall, Emperor Zhaowen sat on a chair, somewhat distracted.

This was the first palace examination since he ascended the throne, and he attached great importance to it.

All candidates in the hall will become his disciples.

Emperor Zhaowen looked into the Baohe Hall through the gauze curtain for a long time. Although he knew that the candidates who had reached this stage of the exam must be older, Emperor Zhaowen still felt a little disappointed.

The economy of Dayu is prosperous, and there are many talented people. The number of scholars is the largest among all countries.

Unfortunately, the spring examination held every three years only selects two hundred people, and many people may not be able to pass the examination and become a Jinshi even when they are old.

Even if this year's spring examination was a special examination, he would not be able to increase his ranking to 300.

Yang Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites quoted from classics and talked about the past and the present. In short, there have been more than one hundred spring examinations since the founding of the Dayu Kingdom, and only two hundred people were selected each time. According to the convention, there will also be two hundred people selected in this special examination.

As usual, as usual, Emperor Zhaowen is really fed up with these two words now.

Why can’t we change what our ancestors have decided?

Although Emperor Zhaowen was dissatisfied, he still followed the advice of Minister Yang.

He knew very well that even though his elder brother had done something that caused such public outrage, the emperor that those old stubborn people preferred the most was still his elder brother.

Emperor Zhaowen also knew that his literary and military talents could not compare with the eldest brother, let alone his second brother.

However, if the second brother was not so shameless and wanted to stick to the eldest brother every day, he might not be better than himself.

All he could do now was to follow the example of the previous emperor and keep all the old rules unchanged, so as to avoid those old men nagging him and giving him a headache.

Thinking of this, Emperor Zhaowen rubbed his brows again. He felt a headache when he thought about the half black hair mixed with white hair in Baohe Hall, and few of them were well-grown.

But these people are his first batch of disciples, so he has to be more tolerant towards them.

The eunuch Feng Jia noticed that Emperor Zhaowen was in a bad mood, so he quickly brought out the Emperor Zhaowen's favorite mist lotus fruit.

Emperor Zhaowen just waved his hand and asked it to be taken away.

Feng Jia looked at the iced Mist Lotus Fruit on the plate with a bit of heartache.

This Wulian fairy fruit is the fruit of a strange tree on Wulian Mountain in Bashu County. There is only one such tree in the whole country.

It only produces more than 20 fruits every year, which are extremely delicious and are said to prolong life.

However, the Mist Lotus Fruit is extremely difficult to preserve. After picking it, it must be placed in an ice basin immediately. Once the ice in the basin is half melted, another basin of ice must be replaced. If it is left out of the ice basin for half an hour, the flesh will rot.

Unfortunately, Bashu County is located in the southeast, where temperatures are high all year round.

The prefect of Bashu County put a lot of thought into delivering the Mist Lotus Fruit to the capital in good condition.

It's more than 6,000 miles from Bashu County to Luocheng. There's an ice-collecting point every 50 miles along the way. I don't know how much ice was used and how many horses were exhausted along the way.

Even if it was sent to the palace, it had to be refrigerated in an ice storage, otherwise it would still rot.

The ice under the Mist Lotus Fruit on the plate will melt soon, and it is impossible to put the cut fruit back into the cold storage.

If the emperor does not eat it in time, today's fruit will be wasted.

Feng Jia thought about it distressedly, but didn't dare to urge Emperor Zhaowen too much. She just lowered her head and whispered, "Your Majesty, the ice on this fairy fruit is about to melt. How about I ask someone to get some more ice?"

Emperor Zhaowen was so preoccupied with the students in the palace that he couldn't think of anything else. He didn't reply, but simply asked, "I heard that someone from the Liu family participated in this year's Spring Examination?"

Feng Jian was able to be promoted from among many eunuchs to become the attendant eunuch of Emperor Zhaowen, so he must have been extremely smart and well-informed.

"Yes, I heard it was Liu Minghe, the great scholar Liu."

Emperor Zhaowen humbly chuckled and seemed to be in a better mood.

At that time, Emperor Huiren admired Liu Minghe's knowledge, but felt sorry that he was unwilling to take the imperial examination to become an official, so he asked Liu Minghe to be the prince's teacher of Emperor Zhaowen Li Zhaocai, who had not yet been crowned a king.

However, Liu Minghe said frankly that he was only good at studying and not good at educating people. He was afraid of delaying the prince, so he asked Emperor Huiren to find someone else.

But not long after, Liu Minghe went to Xueru Academy to become a teacher. Li Zhaocai was naturally dissatisfied and complained to Emperor Huiren in a subtle way. However, he was accused by Emperor Huiren of being intolerant.

Emperor Zhaowen thought about the past and couldn't help but chuckle. Those who were unwilling to be his prince's teacher back then are now his subjects.

Feng Jia noticed that Emperor Huiren's mood had improved, and continued, "I also heard that General Guan's father is also taking the palace examination."

Speaking of this, Emperor Huiren felt a little better.

Guan Shannian is a talented general whom he values. This time he was sent to support Lin Pingyuan. It is said that he has made meritorious service again. He will be promoted to a higher level when he returns.

Guan Shannian's father, Guan Xueqin, knew that a person with poor health and old age would find it difficult to take on important responsibilities.

But Guan Xueqin has a good son and a good father.

Although his father Guan Xiong is no longer the left Sima, he still has connections and is quite prestigious in the army.

Thinking of Guan Shannian, Emperor Zhaowen thought of Lin Pingyuan again.

Lin Pingyuan was introduced by his uncle Chen Su. It is said that he has good kung fu and is very good at ranking and arranging formations. Moreover, Lin Pingyuan was born in the Lin Mansion, a family of military generals.

Emperor Zhaowen then transferred him to Minzhou Prefecture to replace Gao Siwei, but who would have thought that Lin Pingyuan suffered a defeat as soon as he took office.

Feng Jia keenly noticed that the emperor was in a bad mood again. He racked his brains to think about it, then bowed again.

"If we talk about the most eye-catching person in this year's Spring Examination, it's the Second Uncle of the Imperial Court. The Second Uncle of the Imperial Court is only thirty-six years old this year. Aside from a poor student, he's the youngest person in the Inner Palace."

The second uncle Feng Jia mentioned is Ruan Xinzhao, the younger brother of the current queen Ruan Xinyu.

Empress Ruan was born in the Duke of Ying's Mansion, and the current Minister of Revenue Ruan Bai is her father.

Queen Ruan has only one brother and one younger brother.

Although my elder brother Ruan Xinming is the prince of the Duke of Ying, he is neither good at literature nor martial arts, and he made serious mistakes during the reign of the previous emperor, so naturally he cannot serve as an official in the court.

On the contrary, Ruan Xinzhao is very talented.

Emperor Zhaowen thought that if Ruan Xinzhao could rank in the top ten in the palace examination, he would definitely rank him in the top three.

Unfortunately, although Ruan Xinzhao was much better than Ruan Xinming, his results in the provincial examination only ranked more than 30, and he was unlikely to be in the top ten in the palace examination.

The father-in-law of the emperor has been in the Ministry of Revenue for many years, but unfortunately, he was displeased by his father a few years ago and was demoted from the Minister of Revenue to the Doctor of Revenue.

Although he promoted him to the Minister of Revenue after he ascended the throne, he still did not have complete control over the Ministry of Revenue.

Besides, the father-in-law is old and will retire in a few years.

The Duke of England's Mansion has been losing talent in recent years. If the father-in-law steps down and Ruan Xinzhao is still unable to rise, the Duke of England's Mansion will be on the decline.

The more Emperor Zhaowen thought about it, the more annoyed he became.

In the past, Ruan Xinzhao seemed to be a good person, but he only ranked around 30th in the provincial examination. If his performance in the palace examination was not outstanding either, I would not be able to praise him even if I wanted to.

Feng Jia had a headache. The emperor was not easy to appease today.

"It's a pity that our queen is a girl. If she were a boy, she would have been the top scholar long ago."

When Ruan Xinyu was young, she was a famous talented woman in Luocheng, and she also had an excellent appearance, so she was known as the most beautiful woman in Luocheng.

When Emperor Zhaowen was not yet Prince An, he had already fallen deeply in love with Ruan Xinyu.

Although he had many concubines, the one he valued most was this woman who made him think about her day and night when he was young.

Hearing Feng Jia praising the empress, Emperor Zhaowen couldn't help but smile: "Xinyu is indeed very good."

Such an outstanding woman should be his wife. A hint of sadness flashed across Emperor Zhaowen's eyes, but quickly disappeared.

Seeing that Emperor Zhaowen was in a much better mood, Feng Jia used the excuse of removing the rotten wax apple fruit and hurried out of the palace. Only after he had walked far away did he dare to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.